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Originally Posted by secondcurve
It isn't bad but sometimes well intended folks don't appreciate the cycle of nature. The creatures you love are susceptible to disease and death just like all of us. Therefore, when I see an animal die due to disease or injury I realize it is part of the lifecycle and while sad I don't get upset about such instances.
A different but related example is the deer population that is out of control in much of New England. Unlike the Loon population the deer population is very unbalanced. Recently, at Blue Hill reservation in Massachusetts there was a deer hunt to manage down the population which is running at 85 a square mile well above the 10 deer a square mile that wildlife experts consider healthy. These populations are out of balance since there are no natural predators, or certainly not enough of them, due to development. The result is an epidemic of Lyme disease and many, many deer and car collisions. Despite this situation the "conservationists" were throwing themselves at the hunters' cars in an effort to stop the hunt. I just don't understand these people. That is my rant for the evening.
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It is interesting that you get on my case about the loon chick and then you bring up the deer population. My husband has been hunting deer for the past 3 weeks so I guess you would be pleased with him. I am such a bad person because I am watching a loon and just wondering when he will fly to the coast.