On Tue, 27 Mar 2018 13:40:42 -0500, Gary > wrote:

>Bruce wrote:
>>
>> The big debate here is whether to use poison or guns. I absolutely
>> hate it, but I see no alternative. I don't think socialising them and
>> turning them into pets or farm dogs is possible. Otherwise that would
>> be best.
>
>All joking aside, I did look this up and read quite a bit about
>it. Seems that the cattle ranchers are the ones complaining
>mostly. I think your govt. is even slowly supplying fencing to
>them.
>
>I do find that somewhat amusing though. Dogs are killing cattle
>and the ranchers are upset. Why? Because they would rather kill
>them theirselves for profit. Sounds like the cattle are screwed
>either way.
>
>If something needs to be done, I think poison is a very bad idea
>and should not even be considered. Many other animals might eat
>that and die ...even beloved pet dogs...and other animals. Not
>only that, animals that happen by and eat a dead animal might
>also get poisoned from the body.
>
>Best thing to do...if it's that bad...is to start shooting them.
>Have an open season on them all year long and maybe even a bounty
>on them. Back in the early days of the US, there was even a
>bounty on wolves...bring in the lower jaw for proof. Eventually,
>wolves and also mountain lions completely disappeared from the
>eastern part of this country.
>
>Of course, my whole feeling about that is, (as you know) if you
>kill it you should eat it plus we should only kill to survive. We
>as top predators should at least not just kill for the hell of
>it. Just because we can do that doesn't make it right. God or
>whoever created so many lifeforms on earth. I think it's quite
>arrogant of humans to kill some other creature just because it
>annoys us.
>
>And then there's the trapping issue. OH MAN...don't even get me
>started again with that. Soon when I finally retire, I wouldn't
>mind moving to the northern wilderness to hunt the GD trappers
>living up there. I would so love to give them a taste of their
>own medicine.


I use traps but they are the Have-A-Heart kind... trap and release
somewhere else. Mostly I trap possums, and an occasional raccoon, but
for obvious reasons I don't trap skunks.