From: Gary Miller (garymiller@starband.net)
Date: Fri May 02 2003 - 07:06:07 MDT
>> f) concentrating wildlife near settled areas makes
>> them more likely to be victimized by traffic accidents as
>> they cross roads more often to seek out human provided food.
You forgot to mention how many humans die in collisions with
deer each winter!
And how many million of dollars in property damage is caused
by such collisions!
I know two people who hit deer just last winter.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-extropians@extropy.org [mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org]
On Behalf Of Mike Lorrey
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 11:46 PM
To: extropians@extropy.org
Subject: RE: Experiences with Atkins diet
--- Greg Jordan <jordan@chuma.cas.usf.edu> wrote:
> Sterilization disrupts herd social patterns? More than violent deaths?
> please. And since you gave no reason to oppose feeding, I assume there
> was no reason...
I didn't feel that one was necessary because it so bloody obvious. Note
that it wasn't *I* who defined you as an idiot.
For the thought impaired: feeding wild animals expands their food supply
beyond what the natural environment provides. This is generally done by
well meaning fools who have a naive and selfish need to be able to view
wildlife out their livingroom or kitchen window in order to prove to
themselves:
a) they love and care for animals so much
b) they live in a clean and pure environment
c) they have acheived their goal of living in harmony with nature, or
some other such insipid tree-hugger bambi-lover blather.
Like self-absorbed pet owners who think it is quite alright to send a
pet to the animal shelter when their own lives get too busy to properly
care for the pet they thought was so cute and cuddly when it was young,
the above sort of individuals never consider that:
a) there is nobody feeding their 'pet' wildlife when they are out of
town
b) there will be nobody feeding their 'pet' wildlife when they cash out
on the appreciated value of their McMansion and move to Palm Springs.
c) feeding wildlife creates a dependency and causes wildlife to forget
the ability to forage for natural food sources
d) an increased artificial food source will cause wildlife populations
to exceed the local environments natural ability to support.
e) concentrating wildlife in a settled area makes them a target for dogs
and cats. When deer, for example, are chased by loose dogs in the dead
of winter, their energy reserves are quickly exhausted and they die
nasty deaths.
f) concentrating wildlife near settled areas makes them more likely to
be victimized by traffic accidents as they cross roads more often to
seek out human provided food.
g) when you get too busy with your life, or you go on vacation, or you
move away, those animals are going to go without the food you provided
and suffer accordingly. Being dependent on your munificense, they are no
longer able to forage for themselves and are far more likely to become
prey to weather and loose dogs.
Unlike bambi-lovers, I demonstrate my love of deer by shooting loose
dogs in the winter time. I don't feed the deer, and I hunt them in areas
where their numbers are excessive for the environment.
Those who claim they love animals but are ignorant of wildlife managment
principles tend to come into this state from the city, buy up tracts of
wilderness, then post them as off limits to hunting. This always results
in large numbers of deer-car traffic accidents on roads bordering these
properties, as the deer population is unregulated and explodes, forcing
them to cross the roads to seek out food sources.
These fools don't realize they cause more suffering than they prevent.
=====
Mike Lorrey
"Live Free or Die, Death is not the Worst of Evils."
- Gen. John Stark
"Pacifists are Objectively Pro-Fascist." - George Orwell "Treason doth
never Prosper. What is the Reason? For if it Prosper, none Dare call it
Treason..." - Ovid
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