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if the wildlife is indigenous to the habitat, I would say no leave well alone.
if on the other hand the wildlife is non-indigenous and causing a decline in indigenous wildlife then I believe it needs relocating or removing.
obviously you then start valueing one species over another.
Hunting always seems to bring in more money than conservation (revenue will always win over compassion), lets face it, if Panda's tasted good and were good sport to hunt they wouldn't be near extinction would they.
I love wildlife (it tastes good) and do support some conservation projects.
But how far do you want to go on the not killing animals front, not shooting crows and pidgeons on farmland? what about rabbits? if left unchecked they can have a big impact on harvest
and just for the record I'm probably what you call a "knuckle dragger", I shoot here in the UK and have a pair of beagles that are quite partial to a rabbit(I've tried to explain the hunting ban to them), and I bow hunt turkey and deer in the US (unfortunately bow hunting is illegal in the UK), but I'm still a member of the RSPB. I enjoy my sport but understand that it needs to be managed to be sustainable and sometimes that involves predator management as well as habitat management.
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