• RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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    37 minutes ago

    “Precious”

    For people that don’t live with them or have to deal with their problems.

    They wreck all your plantings. Whatever ornamental garden you might have apparently tastes better than any natural plants, they will destroy them. You want a garden to grow your own food? Need a 8 foot fence around it, and that probably still isn’t enough. They jump in and wreck everything. They shit parasites and drop ticks everywhere. Dogs are idiots and eat deer shit, picking up parasites. Trees or saplings are just perfect to rub heads or horns on, they destroy the bark and kill the plant…again apparently because your plants are better to wreck than anything out in the woods.

    Yeah, I think deer are pretty cute, but fuck them too. Goddamn pests.

  • jaybone@lemmy.zip
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    2 hours ago

    What happened in the eight years since? The suspense is killing me. Oh dear.

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    I rather eat that peaceful non-domestic wild animal, than the industry pigs down in the supermarkets cooler. Then we can talk about how fucked up the meat industri is. Nothing wrong with spending time and connecting with the nature, both the hard parts and romantic parts. Makes you more human.

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    Pest animals such as deer are about the most ethical source of protein you can get in my country

    I’m all for eating feral animals whenever possible

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      What country are you from? Theres a few deer near me in the UK, and ive never even considered they could be pests. They look excellent to me.

      I cant eat them though, because I used to work in a meat factory and whenever we had venison to process it stank like fuck. Not sure if it does or if their supplier was awful quality, but its put me off forever.

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        I think that in Australia they’re considered an invasive species, at least some species, as they’re not native, breed fast, and devastate local ecosystems to the point they’re seen as pests.

        In Europe they’re just part of the local fauna, and population numbers are well under control.

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        In the UK their population needs to be controlled otherwise they will be a pest.
        If left unchecked they will devastate tree populations.
        If I recall correctly there was an estate who didn’t keep up with their deer culling and the army got called in with helicopters.