[HBB1508]

Originally Posted by Peter Plunker

Hunting foxes and rabbits IS conservation. Rabbit population increases faster than the prdator population can keep up and there aren't many species that will predate rabbits in the first place as they are an introduced species, albeit a long time ago.

Foxes are an apex predator with an abundance of food. If not controlled the population would explode, prey species would be wiped out, UK wildlife would be massively affected and then foxes would eventually die out.

The only thing keeping the balance is people controlling the population not decimating it.

I'm sure to a lot of people it is and I am well aware of the many acts that farmers have to abide by telling them to clear their land of what are termed as vermin. Personally I am against it all I don't eat meat and I don't kill anything - that's just me I'm afraid and people who hunt these animals for fun and sport make me feel ill. I know it happens but that doesn't mean I have to agree with it. I'm sure if all wildlife was left alone a natural balance would prevail without man jumping in to do his act of god bit.

[Peter Plunker]

Originally Posted by HBB1508

I'm sure if all wildlife was left alone a natural balance would prevail without man jumping in to do his act of god bit.

Unfortunately, it wouldn't. Agriculture (of any sort) is reliant on creating a false equilibrium, this means that even the staunchest vegan is invloved to some dgree in pest control as the crops they consume could not exist without it. I understand that this involvement is implicit but it still exists.

Then there is also the pest control that seeks to encourage indigenous wildlife by controlling introduced species such as rabbit, mink, grey squirrel, carp, rainbow trout etc.

[HBB1508]

Originally Posted by Peter Plunker

Unfortunately, it wouldn't. Agriculture (of any sort) is reliant on creating a false equilibrium, this means that even the staunchest vegan is invloved to some dgree in pest control as the crops they consume could not exist without it. I understand that this involvement is implicit but it still exists.

Then there is also the pest control that seeks to encourage indigenous wildlife by controlling introduced species such as rabbit, mink, grey squirrel, carp, rainbow trout etc.

I can agree with what you are saying but I disagree with the principles of it I'm afraid - sorry it's just my opinion. I just appreciate that all life is precious whether it suits us to be or not. If people choose to hunt and kill for food that's ok I just couldn't do it hence I don't eat meat - just they way I am I guess.