Community | June 02, 2011 | 11 comments

Obama Administration Plans to Kill Wild Pigs in CA from the Air

source: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jun/01/forest-service-and-blm-plan-exterminate-count...

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So maybe you are okay with President Obama reneging on Gitmo, single payer, transparent govt, and his promises to not sign bills for five days after passage. Perhaps you are even okay with the Obama administration going after medical marijuana providers or doing nothing about the invasion from the South. But what do you think of the administrations plan to kill animals?

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11 comments // Obama Administration Plans to Kill Wild Pigs in CA from the Air

  • PoliticalAmazon
  • samthesixth
  • Buddha2112
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      Buddha2112  

    • What is wrong with this? Invasive species are proven to be detrimental to the ecosystem, and these pigs are no exception. If anything, let hunters have automatic weapons and attack it head on. I'm sure there's other ways to go about it other than firearms... maybe supporting their predators. Though, I doubt they have many predators and that's why they're such a huge problem. The 'circle of life' is out of balance (probably our fault too), and it's up to us to control that if we don't want a bigger problem on our hands.

      This isn't a plan to 'kill animals' this is a plan to eliminate a growing population of invasive species (pigs). They're not going in and slaughtering all wildlife... that would create more problems. This is an attempt to balance the ecosystem.

      Go ask an Australian how rabbits were a problem and see what the majority feels about 'killing animals'. These situations are dire and have far reaching consequences if not controlled soon... This problem in CA is already out of control and now it's a scramble to address it ASAP.

    • 12 months ago
  • PoliticalAmazon
  • Buddha2112
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      Buddha2112  
    • PoliticalAmazon:

      Seeing as we already slaughter humans from the air, at least its consistent. I don't advocate killing of humans... I'm one of those people that wishes to further our species on this planet.

      Part of that is figuring out how nature works and preventing our actions from kicking it out of balance. Predators play a huge roll in maintaining balance in an ecosystem... More often than not, we've removed the majority of predators and that has put the burden on us to be that predator.

      This is a plan to kill AN animal. Not all animals, just this specific case of overpopulation that threatens the greater ecosystem. We are, of course, a threatening species ourselves... I'll give you that, but we're also well aware of our impact and can curb it in other ways beside slaughtering ourselves. For these pigs there's few options. If you're so against it... What is your solution to the problem? Shed some light on another way we could control the population or perhaps curb their impact on the environment.

    • 12 months ago
  • samthesixth
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      samthesixth  
    • Buddha2112:

      If the herd needs to be culled in a given state, why have the federal govt do it? Where I live, the deer population occasionally gets so large that the state troopers come in and cull the heard. The meat is then given to soup kitchens etc through Hunters for the Hungry.

    • 12 months ago
  • samthesixth
  • iowawashington
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      iowawashington  

    • Wild pigs can be destructive to the habitat they're in, to native wildlife, to people's property, they carry disease that can be transmitted to domesticated hogs endangering consumers, and they can attack and harm people.

      Soooo, why not kill wild hogs? Because the one in this picture looks kinda cute and fuzzy?

    • 12 months ago
  • PoliticalAmazon
  • Buddha2112
  • iowawashington
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