Who's tired of the killing?

[cyrixlord]

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I'll take your game cam and raise you an IR security camera with motion sensors that go off if anything goes in my run area at night

this video can be watched from any computer and an alarm can sound in the house (like when im sleeping) if there is motion detected in the run area. Of course its a bit pricey but I'm a geek that loves his gadgets

My german shepherds can be out there in less than 3 seconds.

 

[yotetrapper]

<<Rachel25 wrote:
You don't need to be killing a fox who is just acting according to his instincts, they have to survive too. Its disheartening when our chickens are killed but you have to realize that these predators are out there and live your life accordingly. For every fox you kill there will be another to take its place.

Unfortunately, if we all kill everything that bothers us, that last sentence won't be true any more.>>

I hate to see that there are people who actually believe the above quotes. There are only three ways to erradicate a population of wild animals to endangerment.

1) wholesale slaughter conducted by government which would have to consist of poisoning, as hunting, trapping, and gunning from planes would never do it alone.

2) Loss of habitat caused by the ever exploding human population

3) Disease

Sportsmen, or even just the disgruntled chicken owners, help cure the third problem, and sportsmen also help with the second. As for the first, at this time no such programs exist and most of the most effective poisons have been banned.

When animals become overpopulated, mother nature takes over and introduces such dieseases as distemper, rabies, and mange. Ever see a fox or coyote with mange? You dont want to. But if you do want do, just google it. Once you're done googling it, tell me a .22 bullet to the head is more cruel. Healthy populations of animials are less susceptible to diseases. The animals have more room to themselves and are not in contact with each other as much as they are in overpopulated areas. Sportsmen and disgruntled chicken owners help keep the population at a healthy number.

Loss of habitat is a problem that it doesn't seem much can be done about. We keep reproducing, and as we do more land is lost every day. This has the most profound affect on wildlife, and also increases instances of human/predator contact. There's simply no where left for the animals to go, so they adapt and learn to snatch Fido from your fenced city yard, and drink from your inground pool.

Money from state sales of hunting/fishing/trapping liceses is used in wildlife conservation and upkeep of wild lands. It goes for things such as pheasant and fish stocking as well.

I just wanted to mention this in the hopes of enlightening some people to the facts that those who harvest wildlife/predators legally are not the bad guys, and in fact do their part to help the problems

 

[bluey]

Wow, those on some sweet add-on functions but I'm not too crazy about the resolution on that picture. It is very grainy. What model is that?

 

[bluey]

yote...rachel should have not posted her response in this forum.

Just a reminder, these are the Predator and Pests thread rules.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=5808

 

[New adventure]

I apologize to all, especially Rachel25 for quoting her post. I added the part about if we shoot everything that bothers us nothing will be left.

No, I had not read the posting rules yet, and yes, I am all for protecting my livestock.

My comment was in the wrong place and wrong context and I'm sorry.