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Originally Posted by raevan
When one lives close to nature and with a very limited budjet, any animal that destroys crops or Kills food animals is considered a danger because their destruction may mean you starve. As I stated I respect animal life and only kill for food or if threatened. If an animal is killing livestock then they are a danger to children. Wild pigs that destroy crops, taste real good after all they are rooting up good quality food. When Racoons and Coyotes kill farm animals they threaten my existance since these animals are destined for food.
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Bubonic Plague has come back in the southwestern states due to eradication of rattlesnakes which traditionally spent winters denned up in prairie dog towns. Now cattle aren't dying as much of snake bites, but they are of broken legs. The prairie dogs are a much bigger problem than the snakes ever were. And the bonus is plague.
We have to be careful when we mess with mother nature. To do so because of some childish phobia about snakes is inexcusable. If you are removing, or killing rattlesnakes because they are a hazard, that is fine with me. (I hope you consume it in some way, though.) If you are doing it for any other reason then you need to think about what you are doing.