I think that culling should only be acceptable if human activity is what directly caused the excess of predators. The example I can think of is that with habitat fragmentation, the deer population has flourished because they live in the forest-field border area. Now that there is more border area, there are more deer. With more deer, fields are struggling with overgrazing. Without the field, the entire ecosystem collapses. The solution is either to defragment the land or cull some deer. The general population would never let us destroy highways to allow an ecosystem to return to health. Therefore, we need to lower the deer population back to original levels to return the ecosystem to health.
Pamela Muma - 9 years ago
We live in Astoria Oregon. Many of the locals also blame the cormorants for eating too many salmon, as well as the "California" sea lions. (emphasis on California) These animals eat but a pittance compared to the over fishing of the humans. Leave the sea lions and birds alone, they are a gift of nature. Ban salmon fishing for a year or three to let the salmon build in number. Then hold to a strict fishing limit per person.
I think that culling should only be acceptable if human activity is what directly caused the excess of predators. The example I can think of is that with habitat fragmentation, the deer population has flourished because they live in the forest-field border area. Now that there is more border area, there are more deer. With more deer, fields are struggling with overgrazing. Without the field, the entire ecosystem collapses. The solution is either to defragment the land or cull some deer. The general population would never let us destroy highways to allow an ecosystem to return to health. Therefore, we need to lower the deer population back to original levels to return the ecosystem to health.
We live in Astoria Oregon. Many of the locals also blame the cormorants for eating too many salmon, as well as the "California" sea lions. (emphasis on California) These animals eat but a pittance compared to the over fishing of the humans. Leave the sea lions and birds alone, they are a gift of nature. Ban salmon fishing for a year or three to let the salmon build in number. Then hold to a strict fishing limit per person.