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An economic incentive to hunt a particular species does not result in a decrease in population. What you have instead is an economic incentive to breed large po
by vitally3643 3mo ago
An economic incentive to hunt a particular species does not result in a decrease in population. What you have instead is an economic incentive to breed large populations in uncontrolled conditions, likely on public land, which then get abandoned and/or released when you realize the economic incentive has made your invasive species problem far, far worse.
This has happened many times throughout history.
- m3047 3mo agoYes, for instance a bounty on rats leads to pet rats and tailless rats.
- shawn_w 3mo agoThere's a simple solution to that. Tax the rat farms.
- DiscourseFan 3mo agoNow there are blackmarket rat farms
- im3w1l 3mo agoAnimals have also been hunted to extinction though so I think it's more fair to say it can go either way.