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A few years ago already, I mentioned my concern that our HOA rounds up the
Canada geese every spring. It was unclear if they were culled or relocated, but I
had my suspicions either outcome may not be allowed. My activism in this area was
derailed at the time by my car accident, but I finally got back to my concerns
this year. It turns out it doesn't matter if I acted then, now, or never, as it
seems what they're doing is legal. According to New York State, with few natural
predators, the goose population is about triple what would make an ideal ratio
of birds to people, and overpopulation causes problems. So there are ways to get
permits to kill them, and that's what we have here. I appreciate the problem,
and I don't have a solution, but it makes me sad to know the fate that awaits
these birds, especially when seeing how devoted they are to safely raising
babies.
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fujiJuice wrote on May 27, 2023, 22:43:Burrito of Peace wrote on May 27, 2023, 21:15:jdreyer wrote on May 27, 2023, 16:16:
Funny what happens to the ecosystem when you kill all the wolves.
I say we bring back wolves. Implement a mad scientist-esque breeding program. Then...we release them in to urban centers. This solves two problems:
1. The lack of wolves.
2. Human overpopulation.
Once the slowest, fattest, and dumbest are killed off by the wolves, they will spread out in to more suburban and rural areas. This takes cares of the human overpopulation in the 'burbs and starts taking care of the deer problem.
It's win-win all the way around.
Until things turn into A Fire Upon the Deep.
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Burrito of Peace wrote on May 27, 2023, 21:15:jdreyer wrote on May 27, 2023, 16:16:
Funny what happens to the ecosystem when you kill all the wolves.
I say we bring back wolves. Implement a mad scientist-esque breeding program. Then...we release them in to urban centers. This solves two problems:
1. The lack of wolves.
2. Human overpopulation.
Once the slowest, fattest, and dumbest are killed off by the wolves, they will spread out in to more suburban and rural areas. This takes cares of the human overpopulation in the 'burbs and starts taking care of the deer problem.
It's win-win all the way around.
Until things turn into A Fire Upon the Deep.
jdreyer wrote on May 27, 2023, 16:16:
Funny what happens to the ecosystem when you kill all the wolves.
I say we bring back wolves. Implement a mad scientist-esque breeding program. Then...we release them in to urban centers. This solves two problems:
1. The lack of wolves.
2. Human overpopulation.
Once the slowest, fattest, and dumbest are killed off by the wolves, they will spread out in to more suburban and rural areas. This takes cares of the human overpopulation in the 'burbs and starts taking care of the deer problem.
It's win-win all the way around.
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I'm a vegetarian, but I hope that someone is eating the geese so there's at least some meaning to taking these lives. Back in the day the deer population in CT got so out of control due to a lack of predation that DreyerDad took up bow hunting to help keep the population under control. Funny what happens to the ecosystem when you kill all the wolves.
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