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From: cwa@ihuxm.UUCP (Carl W. Amport)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Predators vs. hunting
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Date: Mon, 12-Dec-83 16:38:58 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 12 16:38:58 1983
Date-Received: Wed, 14-Dec-83 01:11:57 EST
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, Il
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Jon, loss of predators is not the only change man has made to nature's balance.
Habitat changes have affected the numbers of different species that can
be supported.  It is estimated that there are many more deer than ever before.
This is because whitetail deer live and reproduce best eating farm crops
and live well in small woods.  They are not a forest creature.  Farms and small
woods are now more plentiful than forests and so are deer.  Ditto for rabbits.
Coyotes have also expanded their range to its greatest size.  Bringing back
the predators would not make everything equal again.  Predators worked well
at one time.  However, many other things have also changed.

One more point.  A single wild animal does not have the value of a single
human being.  Trying to give it more importance is giving it a human trait.
What is important is the survival of a species.  Hunting is done within
nature's limit.  A stable population is the goal of wildlife management.
A sufficient number of animals are harvested each year without affecting
the total population of that species.

Bambi, the story, while it is an American classic, is totally irrelevant
to the subject of deer hunting.  Its use is an attempt to arouse an emotional
connotation and it decreases your credibility on the subject.

Carl W. Amport		Naperville, IL.		ihuxm!cwa