12-06-2018, 09:37 PM
Yeah for sure. And culling has never been a first option. Scientists and the public have been lobbying to get logging stopped, because it is just utter madness that it continues. But we clearly have very little power against these companies and corrupt governments. Doesn't mean we will stop trying though.
Although it is a human-induced problem, it's because of this that gliders and birds are fighting for the same resources and the gliders unfortunately have the upper hand.
I think scientists are just doing the best they can at the moment where it's native and critically endangered vs introduced species.
They cull introduced possums in NZ and turn them into hats or whatever and there doesn't seem to be much of an outcry over that.
How is it any different to eradicating rats from islands where seabirds nest? Would you expect people to collect and rehome all of the rats back to their native lands?
Although it is a human-induced problem, it's because of this that gliders and birds are fighting for the same resources and the gliders unfortunately have the upper hand.
I think scientists are just doing the best they can at the moment where it's native and critically endangered vs introduced species.
They cull introduced possums in NZ and turn them into hats or whatever and there doesn't seem to be much of an outcry over that.
How is it any different to eradicating rats from islands where seabirds nest? Would you expect people to collect and rehome all of the rats back to their native lands?
