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Finland, Sweden and Norway to cull wolf population (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 2 years ago by ericbuijs@lemmy.ml to c/green@lemmy.ml
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“Its a horrific situation,” said Siri Martinsen, chief executive of Noah, an animal rights group that is challenging Norway’s wolf hunts in its courts. “Norway’s wolf management is out of control and they are just shooting wolves because some people don’t like them. It is outrageous to hold a species at a critically endangered level.”

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[–] AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This is what happens when people buy into the logical fallacy that humans are rightfully above all other animals. There are ways of managing wolves without killing them, always have. Not to mention that ecologists all agree that native large predators are really important for the health of natural ecosystems, and much more ecological damage and as a result economic loss occurs when you eliminate them.

[–] a_Ha@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We leave the territory to the wolves or we take it. Top predators do not coexist (?)

[–] AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Even ignoring the ethics fallacy, you're also wrong from an ecological perspective.

Bears and wolves exist stably in the same territory and frequently interact, competing for the same prey. So do lions and leopards. Polar bears and orcas as well, though to a lesser extent.

[–] a_Ha@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago

You are right ...it's more of a personal preference : don't want to coexist (up close) with a feral predator, which happened to be in a bad mood that day ! A bit off topic, i know.