It was upsetting to read about two more culls being proposed by the hunting and fishing lobby, groups and some First Nation groups here in Canada. They want to target west cost seals and sea lions, and Ontario’s cormorants. Both of these share a common diet of fish which seems to the excuse or “problem”. The claim is they eat too much fish, depriving humans and other wildlife of this diet. This is alot of nonsense. Culling of wildlife remains problematic, controversial and it’s proponants completely unarmed with any facts or regard for facts as none support their claims for a cull need.
We can manage wildlife kindly and to their benefit; manage overpopulation humanely, if found to be a real issue, and stop fishing and eating fish to allow stocks and the ecosystem return to its natural, plentiful state. It’s humans depleteing the oceans and wildlife of fish, not seals or marine birds.
To preserve fish populations, we as humans need to stop eating marine life or we will empty the oceans, kill all the marine life that feed on them and that keep the oceans clean. These culls proposals have merit only in that they highlight problems of human behavior that needs to be addressed. The obvious solution is to stop the culls and start modifying human practises and behavior to match the natural world’s needs, not the other way around. This is the painless, peaceful way to deal with wildlife human conflict. Wildlife have every right as we do to live, eat and thrive in peace. We need to respect them and their rights, and intervene only to help and if necessary humanely control numbers.
Nature is wildlife’s home and we humans need to acknowledge it’s us and our sin that are endangering it and other species populations, and that we have a responsibility to do something about this very real problem. It’s time to give wildlife their rights, start changing our habits and start viewing ourselves as caretakers of our lands, it’s many species and stop being the pirates, plunderers, polluters, murderers and thieves of it that we are. It’s the lowest of humanity, this lack of care, understanding, respect and love of wildlife and nature. We need to address and amend this failing as humanity can only progress when it divests itself of the sin, arrogance, hate and ignorance that is at the root of this drive to kill all and claim all for ourselves.
We are the dominant species, but that indicates responsibility, not rights. We have to care, assist and allow all species their equal rights and take full blame for our destruction of the natural world. We need to go vegan, rewild and protect wildlands, waters and their inhabitants. Stop all culls and implement knowledgable humane wildlife support and management. These are the real steps forward and solutions to the imagined problem of wildlife populations. They are also necessary for humanity to progress, evolve and for the continuancce of a beautiful,sustainable, habitable planet and its species. We need to address our own sin and selfishness in this regard, stop culling and learn to be proper stewarts and caretakers of our planet and natural world, as we should and need to be.
