Reply #22: Your modest proposal [View All]

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is on the money.
Non-Indian population in US in 1770: 2 million
in 2003: 280 million

Bison population in US, 1770: 50-100 million
In 2003: zero

Global population 1850: 1 billion
2003: 6.5 billion
2050 estimate: 10-12 billion

First the wolves and bison had to go, now it's deer and beavers.
Meanwhile humans replicate like a virus.
The earth is already at 120% of capacity. Meaning that the earth can organically sustain a population of 5 billion. If not for nitrogen fertilizers and other modern "farming" techniques, 1 billion would already be dead of starvation. By 2050 humans will double again to 12 billion. This number is not sustainable.
Killing every animal to make room for subdivisions and Wal-Marts is not wildlife management, but rather the last suicidal gasps of a rapacious, doomed species.
Humans are destroying the earth, not beavers. By 2050, when the oceans are empty, the sky is brown, the rivers are yellow,
the oil has run out and billions are dead of starvation, even a girl scout will understand that the beavers didn't do it.