I manage a substantial property, and the effects of allowing certain species to get out of control can be very detrimental-most notably to other wildlife. All wildlife is not created equal, and not all of it should be a target for preservation. as well as destructive invasive species such as the grey squirrels in Britain or feral hogs here, and it's wasteful not to utilize that meat, since meat production in the form of domesticated animals puts such a strain on natural resources. In addition, having removed most of the carnivores (and virtually all of the large carnivores) from our ecosystems, there is often ecological benefit to culling overpopulated native prey animals such as certain squirrels, rabbits, deer, etc. I'm a rancher and I grow eggs and produce for local markets, so certainly I don't rule out farms as an option, but supplementing the diet with "wildlife" allows more land to remain forested or otherwise undeveloped while still providing for human needs, and is generally less intensive in terms of water use, soil loss, feedstock production, etc. places which exist so we don't have to snack on the wildlife can't tell if that comment was directed specifically at me (it seems like it) or more generally, but.Ĭertainly there are other things to eat, at least in my location, I just hate driving (and am really bad at it) and hate grocery stores, so why waste fossil fuels & money going into town to buy CAFO meat (all that's available in my small town) when I could easily hunt or fish instead?įarms. I take one or two every year myself for sausage, but they are a bit of a pain to hunt because they're nocturnal and quite wary, and they no longer come into small traps, only large pen traps. There's a program, I think in Houston, to trap large numbers of them, process them, and serve them at the local food bank, which I think is great. Here in Texas, invasive feral hogs are a big problem (displacing native wildlife, damaging riparian areas, detrimentally affecting the ecology, and causing billions of dollars of damage to crops and pasture lands) and their population is rapidly expanding despite hunters taking large numbers of them every year.
Sensible management and harvesting of wild game is far less environmentally destructive and more sustainable than the vast majority of livestock farming, particularly when you're talking about invasive species. Especially in places where they're pests, it seems great to put them to use. Way less hassle than bigger game or a trip into town, and I find the flavor quite appealing, not gamey. I find the grocery store stressful, so I frequently pop off a squirrel from the yard or nearby woods with my. I eat squirrel all the time (barbecued, fried, or in stew), but I've never tried squirrel burgers. We're not a nation of puppy munchers or pony nibblers. you know, those places in the country where animals are bred for their meat. which is why most people in Britain prefer to eat meat from farmed animals.
We as a nation are eating less rabbit and lamb, so the niche markets where squiggies and, heaven forbid, horses are served are remaining niche. I will never understand why some people in the UK want to serve what the majority of us consider weird or unpallatable food. we wiped everything else out thanks to farmers and land owners) (Unlike Brian Wheway above I don't want to see a cull on foxes, they are on the only large predator left in the UK. Where they are an issue, as in destroying trees and eating the native red squirrels out of house and home, then yes they should have some kind of control, but it has to be humane and cause no suffering. So from a personal perspective I don't have issues with them. To me they are wildlife, same as the foxes that come into the garden, the hedgehogs, birds and the field mice. We like them, as does everyone in the area. I live next to a large park and grey squirrels come into the garden every day.
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