Pin less peepers on aggressive rooster?

[Tortoise]

Again, not so. I can cull individuals from a breeding program, and have them move elsewhere, and nobody dies.
Mary

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cull

 

[aart]

Funny how this very old thread came back and took off.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cull

Killing is only one aspect of 'culling'.

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/cull?s=t

1. to choose; select; pick.
2. to gather the choice things or parts from.
3. to collect; gather; pluck
4. act of culling.
   
5. something culled, especially something picked out and put aside as inferior.