happyannie
Fish Addict
Yes I think you're right about that one. I posted to a deer hunting forum with a question about deer health and aging as some of those guys know so much more about them then many formally educated naturalists....I found many of them are really disgusted by various hunting practices that have come into being...hunting from a car at night by shining them with flashlights was one of the worst they cited. Some of the guys were mad about this man who baited the deer with apples then waited in a stand with his little kid...
You've entered hot button territory here when you discuss overpopulation of deer, hunting,
and all that. The fact is our own over population, the elimination of natural predators, and habitat are at issue--and each have their own counter argument like wolves and cougars had to be eliminated so farmers could keep livestock and be safe on their own property...etc etc..... We have bounties on coyotes around here. So--nothing is an easy answer to me--black and white. If deer overpopulate they starve and that's a hard, cold fact. How one changes that and what the alternatives are to deer overpopulation are emotionally loaded issues and a matter of science in some cases---relocation, sharpshooters,whatever....don't mean to hijack the thread but to so that what we understand as the natural world has changed and how our culture is becoming urbanized, removed from it...just to throw a few thoughts your way....
You've entered hot button territory here when you discuss overpopulation of deer, hunting,
and all that. The fact is our own over population, the elimination of natural predators, and habitat are at issue--and each have their own counter argument like wolves and cougars had to be eliminated so farmers could keep livestock and be safe on their own property...etc etc..... We have bounties on coyotes around here. So--nothing is an easy answer to me--black and white. If deer overpopulate they starve and that's a hard, cold fact. How one changes that and what the alternatives are to deer overpopulation are emotionally loaded issues and a matter of science in some cases---relocation, sharpshooters,whatever....don't mean to hijack the thread but to so that what we understand as the natural world has changed and how our culture is becoming urbanized, removed from it...just to throw a few thoughts your way....
its only stupid people who don't know what they're doing that let bettas be killed in the ring. since most non-traditional betta fighters (see: teenaged western boys) do fall into that particular class of stupid, most other members of western society are completely misinformed about the true risks and dangers of betta fighting. 
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