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Scootaloo

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2. It follows a similar logic to trickle-down theory

Reply to JimboBillyBubbaBob (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 20, 2013, 11:38 AM

Nov 2013

The idea is, hunters just want to kill deer. So they have to kill all the wolves, coyotes, bobcats, cougars, and bears, because one of those might also kill a deer, meaning less deer for the human hunters to kill. See? It's like the need to eradicate seals to preserve the cod fishery! By slaughtering the predators, that just means that the hunters are providing more food for those predators, GOSH!

...And I really wish I were making up this "logic."

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People have killed nearly 10% of all the wild red wolves this year. [View all] n2doc Nov 2013 OP

This is ridiculous. JimboBillyBubbaBob Nov 2013 #1

It follows a similar logic to trickle-down theory Scootaloo Nov 2013 #2

Virginia has a huge deer population bhikkhu Nov 2013 #4

I know, it's utter nonsense Scootaloo Nov 2013 #5

People just like to kill things. leftyladyfrommo Nov 2013 #3

Less than 100 living wild? $26,000 reward? countryjake Nov 2013 #6