So, in this entry I’m going to let out some frustration, and inform you about a touchy (for me that is, and hopefully you too) and quite provocative subject, without going too much in depth. Just a minute ago, I found this article in the Norwegian newspaper Adressa.no, and what I saw provoked me to let out some steam on this matter. Whereof this entry…
In short the article says that the Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management wants to apply for a felling permit on a bear, which (they think) killed and ate less than 1 -ONE- percent of all the sheep, wandering alone and without supervision in the wilderness, in Oppdal municipal. FUCK this shit I say. The falling permit should be targeted to the idiots applying for it. Anyhow, I strongly disagree with killing natures predators, when the problem, in fact, is us. How the hell would a bear, or a wolf for that matter know where the fuck we don’t want it to be? Well, some believe we only need to draw a line and put up signs that says “No bears behind this point!” to keep them away from our sheep, which just as likely will be an inch behind that sign. I’m sure that bear will think; “fuck, I can’t pass!! Well, I’ll just leave hungry then…”
Why do we even bother preserving animals anymore, especially when it’s so freaking easy to get a felling permit, and just shoot them the day after? Ideally we preserve animals to build a diversity of species both nationally and internationally and to give animals the right to live healthy and mate with someone who aren’t their biological sibling or cousin. Not to mention, preventing them from extinction. Screw that… Let’s keep the number of individuals in each species at a minimum, that way chances are smaller they’ll come near us, or eat 1% of the sheep we put unattended in the wilderness, yay I say. How can we blame a bear, or a wolf, or an eagle (EAGLE, FUCK YEAH) for following instincts? If I were to leave my laptop in the middle of a street for a month, and expect it to be at that exact place when I get back, would I be allowed to lynch the bastard that took it, or moved it? (Example from the comment field, by Felleskjøpet)
Animals don’t fucking understand human language, let them live as wild animals, and make the diversity of species increase over time. We did it with non-predator animals, why is this so fucking impossible? Some find it amusing and fun to hunt down and shoot our predators. They hunt for days, just to get the thrill of benching an animal, which is blamed for our mistakes and misbehavior.
Whether you believe it or not, I am trying to be objective. Therefore I will be fair and add this, in favor for felling bears and/or other predators:
Bears don’t only eat sheep; they also eat foxes, salmon and other wildlife animals, which again eat a lot of other individuals. Right there is a chain of the ecosystem, a small one at least. If there were too much bear it would cause the number of individuals beneath it do decrease, and cause the individuals the bears prey eat to increase. This will put our ecosystem in imbalance, but if I have a say, I would say that is the way of nature. Nature survives, but we keep fucking it up all the time.
As you were, soldier!
Steinar
