"'Wild in the streets'
Wildlife is encroaching on suburbia: What have you seen in your backyard? Send You Witness News your photos."
Ummm....wildlife is encroaching on suburbia? I think it's the other way around there, geniuses! Suburbia is encroaching on wildlife! This headline speaks volumes; A perfect example our consumer society's ignorant, short-sighted, self-centered mindset.
For example, here in Southern CA over-crowding, over-development, traffic, congestion, and urban sprawl are disgustingly out of control. People encroach on the habitats of wildlife,...and then act shocked and outraged when the mountain lion hops the backyard fence and mauls the family dog! Duh! What did you expect? You've taking away its habitat, its hunting grounds, and the habitat of its food supply. The poor thing has to eat, after all. But instead of learning to live sustainably and in harmony with nature, stupid humans consume like crazy and spread urban sprawl ever further. Sad, eh?
2007-03-14 16:24:17 · 3 answers · asked by The Man In The Box 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Thoughts? Insights?
2007-03-14 16:25:30 · update #1
"The prolbem is that no one cares enough to relocate the animals or find a system to make the animals "at home" to where they are not a threat to humans"
Well Rebecca, first let me say that my following comments are in no way meant to insult you. I appreciate the fact that you are willing to give this topic some thought. However, your response is exactly what I'm talking about. Relocate the animals? they were here first and the ecosystem they are a part of is essential to our survival. We need to relocate the HUMANS, not the animals. We need to look at more sustainable alternatives to our urban sprawl, outdated modes of housing and transportation. We need to change ourselves and our behavior, not simply shove the animals out of the way simply so we can keep doing the same unwise things we've been doing.
2007-03-14 16:41:42 · update #2
It's too bad we didn't come with a built-in "lemming factor".
2007-03-14 16:29:08 · answer #1 · answered by Squirrley Temple 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well it's NOT the chicken and the egg. What do we do with the ppl? YES the story is backwards. However in the case of Vancouver Canada, the coyotes have followed the Frazer River valley to the 1000 acre urban Stanley Park. They are not natural to the area. It is migration/evolution plain and simple.
2007-03-14 16:37:36 · answer #2 · answered by front door 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yea its "the chicken and the egg" but we do have to keep safe..we have to have a place to live without having to worry about our kids gettin jumped by wild animals at the park or in our back yards. The prolbem is that no one cares enough to relocate the animals or find a system to make the animals "at home" to where they are not a threat to humans.
2007-03-14 16:28:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋