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Glad I don't live in a rural community then. Sounds like a heartless practice, if such a thing is common in communities like that. In a wooded mountain region
by kelnos 1y ago
Glad I don't live in a rural community then. Sounds like a heartless practice, if such a thing is common in communities like that.
In a wooded mountain region I frequent (not sure if it's "rural" by colloquial terms, though the USPS classifies it that way), most people try to avoid dangerous wildlife. Killing them is a last resort, and represents a failure to respect nature.
I don't get the "useless" bit. Why would you kill a "useless" animal? Just let it be.
- rolph 1y agowe dont just kill anything that moves, but if your in the back country you better have a plan that will let you live, or else you roll up in a ball and hope its quick
- asdff 1y agoUsually there are quite a few "Hey bear"'s before you resort to blowing its brains out.
- rolph 1y agomaking your presence well known ahead of time by being noisy can help, but it doesnt always, and thats when you can have a 3/4 ton animal suddenly bolting at you from thick bush in about 2 seconds, because its decided to lay in ambush to kill or wound you rather than give ground. and really the moose are a lot more likely than bears to go after you. more qualifiers as well such as with calf or cubs, hunting and predation engagement being interrupted ect.
- sparrish 1y agoWe're not talking about wild animals here. We're talking about farm animals, which are intended to produce or work. If your dog is killing your chickens, he's impacting your production. If a goat is too old to reproduce, they're just costing money to feed and care. Margins are thin on a farm and there's little room for such liabilities. Thus it has been for thousands of years in agriculture.