Do the wolves kill so many fawns because the hunters are out there shooting all of their parents that might be able to protect them? The bucks have those antlers for a reason
Bucks have antlers to fight other bucks to fuck during the rut bucks don’t even stick around for the birth let alone defend fawns from wolves lol
Well, it was just an idea. But wait, if you know so much about deer family dynamics, then how come you don’t have any friends that are deers?
Are they suggesting that wolves be eliminated so these monsters have more deer to hunt? Also don’t areas with deer population in US often complain about there being too many deer around?
Yeah deer are one of the only animals whose populations are higher than pre-Colombian exchange. We basically created their ideal environment across the entire country, forest at the edge of open field.
The most common causes of death for deer are, in order: Human hunting, car collisions, starvation, and last is predation (predation does outrank car collision in certain areas with few people and few cars). Very few animals are actually capable of taking down an adult deer, so if they survive to adulthood they’re almost guaranteed to be killed by a human or by living long enough they wear down their teeth until they can’t chew food anymore and starve to death.
Either that or they want to be given the go ahead to hunt wolves. And yeah, overpopulation of deer is bad for ecosystems as they clear out underbrush and prevent new growth trees from forming. This both limits biodiversity but also sets up a long term problem of barren landscapes when the old growth trees do finally die.
Hunting as a way to control animal populations is an important talking point by gun and hunting groups. If ecosystems can be put into a more natural equilibrium by reintroducing apex predators, then they lose this talking point.
It’s partially true, something needs to kill and scare deer or they’ll starve out & destroy the habitat of every other animal in the area, but yes, wolves are waaaaaay fucking better at it and these idiots don’t want em. If we were earnestly trying to restore a habitat it would be good to hunt there until the wolves get their population going
…that’s…good? My brother in Christ what do you expect a carnivore to eat?
The only kind of shocking “gore-style” videos I ever enjoyed when I was young were animals fucking up humans who were hunting or tormenting them. Honestly that shit never gets old for me. When those pics of that matador with a bull horn going in his neck and out his mouth my only reaction was
Cool bro, nice definitely real data about animals existing in nature you paid to put on that billboard. Now do cars
Incidentally, I was curious what this number actually is, but apparently no one is even attempting to keep track of how many deer are injured/killed by cars, despite frequently involving a police report and/or insurance claim
I can literally see a dead deer every few miles in some places. I imagine a portion of them are hit by larger trucks where an insurance claim isn’t necessary.
