In Larry Case’s opinion article “On predators, prey and prickly discussions about how to handle their places in the natural world” which appeared in the Times Free Press on Jan. 29, there are a few sentiments I agree with – but the majority, I don’t.
Let me be the first to say ethical hunters and farmers are some of the best conservationists, understanding habitat needs and management, conservation and restoration. They know these factors will improve their hunting reservoirs, improve grazing and be good for ecology.
I do believe our society can be lazy, spoon-fed and labor under long-held beliefs simply because that is what we have always been told.
I do believe predators are a part of our world and some wild animals kill and eat other animals to live. Some are predators, some are prey.
A topic Mr. Case never introduces which has the ability to answer so many of his questions is trophic cascade.