I recently read that wild boar populations are destroying crops Who Can Stop These Adorable Pigs? It's a war against wild pigs and we're losing and that the best ways to kill them are poisoning; though this will also kill other wildlife, or inventing some kind of contraception for them.
It would be instructive to learn exactly who is willing to kill off the pigs that have the nerve to be where some humans don't want them. Some people seem to think that their neighborhood, regardless of size, should be exactly the way they want it to be. So much for living in the real world, and accommodating others. Where I live the elk population is judged to be growing too large, and measures must be taken, but what? Murder, birth control? Those are the most popular options. Where is the neighborliness?
Jan 22, 2023·edited Jan 22, 2023Liked by Jo Waller
Thank you for your compassion and courage to take an honest look at the hubris, malice and selfishness of humanity in how we interact with our fellow beings.
I was recently writing about the wild Buffalo (Bison) that were exterminated by the millions in what is now called Canada and the US at the end of the 1800-s (by US military and railroad barons/bounty hunters) so that they could starve the indigenous peoples that depended on the Buffalo to survive (and steal their land).
This picture https://archive.org/details/buffalo-slaughter shows the kind of psychotic mentality the men had (and still do have) that are involved in the mass murder and enslavement of non-human (and human) beings for profit and domination.
In an effort to apply the permaculture design mentality of turning problems into solutions, I strove to formulate a way in which we could learn from that disturbing part of history and do the opposite of what they did to not only help the Buffalo, but also the Earth to regenerate. I elaborated on that in the comments here: https://www.corbettreport.com/what-is-the-future-of-food/#comment-145620
Feral pigs and hogs are a huge problem to crops. In the deep South this is well known, that's why they are hunted. They run in packs and are very dangerous. If you get too close you may be gutted by their long sharp tusks. Hunters are keenly aware of this and try to take them out with one shot. If wounded a feral hog may attack. The last big flood in the lower Mississippi Delta (2019) left deep water for almost 6 months that killed most of the deer, small animals and feral hogs. Those that could not get out usually went to higher ground where the starved to death. Everywhere one looked there were floating dead animals.
During a recent conversation (late Dec 2022 with a friend how is a successful deer hunter, he stated that there are few deer in the lower Delta now and mostly just hogs. Yes they are killed for food unless they are too large to pack out. Most hunters go for smaller ones so they pack them out of the woods and take them to a wild game processor.
Feral hogs are not "Bambi," they are very destructive! The links below will give you some perspective on the lower Delta flooding and lower MS River flooding. There is a lot more
I grew up in S. Mississippi in the early 1960s. Yes we had cows and hunted. I mostly hunted squirrel. We ate what we killed! You who live in cities have a false sense of reality and you better wake up from your slumber about the real world, were your food comes from and where energy comes from. Few people die in hot weather but many die in the cold.
Thanks, Jo, for being a voice for the animals. What we humans do to this planet is beyond comprehension. xoxo
Today seems to be a day of peering into the darkness of wounded hearts...
Thank you for a profound appeal for our fellow creatures. XO
Factory farming is indicative of our internal moral rot.
>neutered cats who allow us to be their bitches.
Hahahahahahahaha.
Thank you So. I think there will be a reckoning soon...
Beautiful, thank you.
😥😥
It would be instructive to learn exactly who is willing to kill off the pigs that have the nerve to be where some humans don't want them. Some people seem to think that their neighborhood, regardless of size, should be exactly the way they want it to be. So much for living in the real world, and accommodating others. Where I live the elk population is judged to be growing too large, and measures must be taken, but what? Murder, birth control? Those are the most popular options. Where is the neighborliness?
Thank you for your compassion and courage to take an honest look at the hubris, malice and selfishness of humanity in how we interact with our fellow beings.
I was recently writing about the wild Buffalo (Bison) that were exterminated by the millions in what is now called Canada and the US at the end of the 1800-s (by US military and railroad barons/bounty hunters) so that they could starve the indigenous peoples that depended on the Buffalo to survive (and steal their land).
This picture https://archive.org/details/buffalo-slaughter shows the kind of psychotic mentality the men had (and still do have) that are involved in the mass murder and enslavement of non-human (and human) beings for profit and domination.
In an effort to apply the permaculture design mentality of turning problems into solutions, I strove to formulate a way in which we could learn from that disturbing part of history and do the opposite of what they did to not only help the Buffalo, but also the Earth to regenerate. I elaborated on that in the comments here: https://www.corbettreport.com/what-is-the-future-of-food/#comment-145620
I have a solution to all of the planet's problems.
Remove the humans. We ARE the problem
Feral pigs and hogs are a huge problem to crops. In the deep South this is well known, that's why they are hunted. They run in packs and are very dangerous. If you get too close you may be gutted by their long sharp tusks. Hunters are keenly aware of this and try to take them out with one shot. If wounded a feral hog may attack. The last big flood in the lower Mississippi Delta (2019) left deep water for almost 6 months that killed most of the deer, small animals and feral hogs. Those that could not get out usually went to higher ground where the starved to death. Everywhere one looked there were floating dead animals.
During a recent conversation (late Dec 2022 with a friend how is a successful deer hunter, he stated that there are few deer in the lower Delta now and mostly just hogs. Yes they are killed for food unless they are too large to pack out. Most hunters go for smaller ones so they pack them out of the woods and take them to a wild game processor.
Feral hogs are not "Bambi," they are very destructive! The links below will give you some perspective on the lower Delta flooding and lower MS River flooding. There is a lot more
https://www.agweb.com/weather/great-shame-mississippi-delta-2019-flood-hell-and-high-water
https://mississippiriverdelta.org/5-reasons-why-2019s-mississippi-river-flood-is-the-most-unprecedented-of-our-time/
I grew up in S. Mississippi in the early 1960s. Yes we had cows and hunted. I mostly hunted squirrel. We ate what we killed! You who live in cities have a false sense of reality and you better wake up from your slumber about the real world, were your food comes from and where energy comes from. Few people die in hot weather but many die in the cold.