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Ever try to keep a cow, pig, or chicken for a pet?
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Not in California. The Spaniards brought over WILD boars from Spain specially so they could hunt them. Sort of a stupid move, but they are wild, not feral.Yes, that's correct. But why did they go wild?
These pigs were once domesticated pigs. They have bred the domestication out of themselves via many generations of breeding outside of that domestication. Foxes were an introduced species for hunting. The ones that escaped the hunt are the spawn of that generation. When you have these creatures compete and in most cases kill native wildlife which should have priority?
for the same reason the wolf hunts them,,,Why is it acceptable to hunt dear, elk or any other meat game that does nothing to their environment, compared to hunting feral animals that cause wildlife destruction and or destroy livestock production?
One whitetail will feed a family for the better part of a year. One Elk can feed several families for a year. Men (and women) have been sustenance hunting since time began. Your question leads me to believe you've never had to actually go out into the wide, wide world and physically gather food for a family. My guess is, along with most other modern folks, your idea of going out and procuring food involves a grocery store, a fast food joint, or a pizza delivery. That ain't gonna be possible in any fathomable emergency situation.
Why not?
An animal is an animal and can be eaten.
It is utterly irrational to say you can kill cows pigs and chickens for food but not dogs and cats
Why is it acceptable to kill cows chickens and pigs by the billions for food but not dogs and cats?
It's because humans are irrational selfish beings who will find a way to justify even their most irrational behaviors.
Hunting ferals? You'd better be hunting ferals all the time. If you're not hunting ferals, you're hunting pets.I think game hunting has two benefits. The meat and the thrill. As for hunting ferals, culling for the control of the targeted game to lesson the impact it has on native wildlife.
Unfortunately to your assumptions, I have had to provide for my family (service family), in a survival situation. None had a clue and I had to teach and provide for them. But yeah, I do from time to time order pizza and the missus does the groceries.One whitetail will feed a family for the better part of a year. One Elk can feed several families for a year. Men (and women) have been sustenance hunting since time began. Your question leads me to believe you've never had to actually go out into the wide, wide world and physically gather food for a family. My guess is, along with most other modern folks, your idea of going out and procuring food involves a grocery store, a fast food joint, or a pizza delivery. That ain't gonna be possible in any fathomable emergency situation.
I think you need to understand the differences between domesticated, wild and feral animals. Domesticated rely on us for food, shelter and love as a bonus. Wild animals are species that are rare to be domesticated and not necessarily something that ever gets tamed, for example, a timber wolf.Hunting ferals? You'd better be hunting ferals all the time. If you're not hunting ferals, you're hunting pets.
We eliminated many of the predators that controlled the deer population.Why is it acceptable to hunt dear, elk or any other meat game that does nothing to their environment, compared to hunting feral animals that cause wildlife destruction and or destroy livestock production?
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When they evolve into 'Terminator' cats, targeting humans. At this stage in their evolution, they are devolving. Back to their original form, before the domestication of the species ever occurred.Cats are viewed as pets. People don't take kindly to that. They might shoot you back.
I stand corrected.I think you need to understand the differences between domesticated, wild and feral animals. Domesticated rely on us for food, shelter and love as a bonus. Wild animals are species that are rare to be domesticated and not necessarily something that ever gets tamed, for example, a timber wolf.
Ferals are considered pests, as they kill and compete with native species. The animals were once domesticated like wild pigs/boars/hogs. After generations of breeding out the domestication in them, they become wild pigs/boars/hogs.
So when you consider the above, there are differences in your statement.
Domesticated, Feral, Or Wild: What's The Difference? - The Open Sanctuary Project
I'm fortunate to live in a tiny rural farming town where most women know how to can and have gardens and most men hunt. Gonna be weird when the folks in the city who eat from grocery stores and restaurants eventually start looking at one another as nutrition.One whitetail will feed a family for the better part of a year. One Elk can feed several families for a year. Men (and women) have been sustenance hunting since time began. Your question leads me to believe you've never had to actually go out into the wide, wide world and physically gather food for a family. My guess is, along with most other modern folks, your idea of going out and procuring food involves a grocery store, a fast food joint, or a pizza delivery. That ain't gonna be possible in any fathomable emergency situation.
Certainly will be. I'm in a semi-rural setting. I have the town on one side and the bush on the other. I have prepared enough to cater for both situations.I'm fortunate to live in a tiny rural farming town where most women know how to can and have gardens and most men hunt. Gonna be weird when the folks in the city who eat from grocery stores and restaurants eventually start looking at one another as nutrition.
Cats are viewed as pets. People don't take kindly to that. They might shoot you back.
I think you need to understand the differences between domesticated, wild and feral animals. Domesticated rely on us for food, shelter and love as a bonus. Wild animals are species that are rare to be domesticated and not necessarily something that ever gets tamed, for example, a timber wolf.
Ferals are considered pests, as they kill and compete with native species. The animals were once domesticated like wild pigs/boars/hogs. After generations of breeding out the domestication in them, they become wild pigs/boars/hogs.
So when you consider the above, there are differences in your statement.
Domesticated, Feral, Or Wild: What's The Difference? - The Open Sanctuary Project
Unfortunately to your assumptions, I have had to provide for my family (service family), in a survival situation. None had a clue and I had to teach and provide for them. But yeah, I do from time to time order pizza and the missus does the groceries.
But as the OP implied, why do the majority not bat an eyelid about game meat hunting, as opposed to freaking out over killing feral animals that endanger the lives of native species. This is what I am on about.
you fail to understand the prey predator relationship,,,But you failed to cover the other part of the question.
Where I am from, Australia, we have an abundance of feral animals. The ones I mentioned are the most invasive as opposed to the rest of them.A lot of this is the difference between game animals and predictors. Cats and dogs are predatory animals - which means long, stringy muscles - they don't taste very good. No one really wants to eat them in the civilized world.
Feral dogs are not a big problem, but feral cats and wild boars are. Boar is also delicious, so that's not a problem for hunting,
Where I'm at, Los Angeles, the biggest "problem" animal is rats - no one wants to eat them either.
