re the pill for deer no hunting jrm gnv ifas ufl edu writes promising field experiments are being done this year in several areas of the country relating to chemical contraceptive baits for deer preliminary data suggests that this will be a cost effective and humane method for preventing over population of habitats preliminary data regarding similar research into kangaroo overpopulation in australia do not in any way support the cost effectiveness of this approach it may be cost effective for deer if you quietly overlook the fact that the net cost to the state of deer hunting is negative i e a profit because the majority of hunters pay for licences the cost comparisons are probably being done assuming that people have to be employed to cull the animals which is not in fact the case you figure people are going to pay for licences to implant contraceptive pellets or spread baits there has been a fair bit of discussion about this here recently because the kangaroo population in the grounds of the governor general s residence has now reached plague proportions despite the whines of the rampant animal libbers the most effective method of controlling the population is still considered to be controlled shooting so now why should we allow hunting to prevent over population of the deer bear whatever sorry but that justification of blood lust is now gone with the wind once mass production of this stuff begins animal populations can be easily managed without a shot being fired this leaves only the fact that some people like to go out in the woods and kill things some people take satisfaction imho legitimate satisfaction in eating food that they have harvested themselves the pleasure derived from hunting is the same as that you get from eating fruit and vegetables grown in your own garden and in general game meat is probably much freer of unpleasant chemicals than what you buy from the butcher or the supermarket that may be a motivation but it cannot now be justified expect peta and like organizations to use this argument to get hunting banned period by cannot now be justified i guess you mean that you personally don t see any justification fine but what makes your opinion so important with no legitimate hunting with the papers filled with stories of senseless murders i guess there won t be a chance in hell of building a case for the rkba that will withstand either public opinion necessity or scientific scrutiny don t give me that silent majority wants guns crap they are and will be silent no votes for rkba no rkba certainly the last point is correct if politicians don t see any votes for themselves in opposing stupid legislation or in developing and supporting measures which might be effective in reducing the incidence of violent crime they won t do these things geoff miller g miller adfa edu au computer centre australian defence force academy
