I feel like the default is that you aren’t allowed to kill animals. Not as in most laws outlaw killing any animal, just that there are probably a lot of laws about randomly killing animals that aren’t like tiny bugs and stuff. Like you can’t just kill a deer unless you have a hunting permit. You can’t catch fish without a fishing license. Sure, you’re probably allowed to kill animals on your property that are a nuisance or anywhere in defense, but I wouldn’t just assume I can kill a random animal.
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SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoWhy are they protected? They’re rats with wings.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I think there’s a clear difference between an animal that’s a known nuisance and any other. If a rat and an emu both wander into my yard, the rat’s life is forfeit, but I’m not gonna fuck with the emu for multiple reasons.
BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Probably for the best, they defeated the Australian army in the 1932 Emu war.
shneancy@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
they’re covered by migratory bird protection legislations from what i read. and some of the seagull spiecies are pretty endangered. can’t tell you more than that, i just accepted that the sky thieves dickheads cannot be touched