wildlife ( was Re: [TheForge] ground hogs)

[Andrew Vida]

terry l. ridder wrote:
> hello;
> 
> okay, enough of the slaughtering of the wildlife.
> perhaps it is because i have had my share of nearly
> being killed , but i have adopted a live-and-let-live
> philosophy with the local wildlife. the exception is
> the field mouse who have decided to move in to the house.
> 
> groundhogs/woodchucks, gophers, squirrels, rabbits are
> welcomed here. if i plant a garden this year i will plant
> enough to share with the wildlife. afterall, we are all
> god's creatures great and small.

	Doesn't work that way, but go ahead and try it.  We are not blood 
thirsty.  Human lifestyles and those of certain wild critters simply are 
not compatible.  If I "live and let live" indiscriminately, I will have 
not a single chicken left - then I don't eat.  I have every bit as much 
right to live as they do - they will not relent without some fight... 
nature of the beasts, humans included.  Something has to give.