Comment on Luv Me Chips, 'ate Seagulls...

• deaf_fish@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  This statement?

  You are trying to kill as many individuals in a very short time span to cripple the population growth

  So if a house had one rat, killing it wouldn’t count as pest control because it’s not killing many individuals?

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  • FelixCress@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    If the population was two rats? Absolutely. 100 rats? No.

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    • deaf_fish@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      But two rats will eventually create 100 rats. So you are kind of creating more death. Why not just kill the two rats?

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      • FelixCress@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        If there were two and you have killed both that’s also pest control. If there were hundred and you killed two - not really.

        Pests control objectives are either to

        • not allow the population to to grow or
        • reduce the overall population or
        • eradicate the population

        Killing one seagull or rat if there is hundreds of them in some area achieves neither of the three and is therefore not a pest control even if seagulls were classed as pests.

        Furthermore killing an animal by smashing it against a wall in front of children may mean that this person has either psychopathic or sociopathic tendencies. Thus, fucking psycho.

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