• FelixCress@lemmy.world
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    I called him a psycho, yes. He did kill for revenge, not for food. And in front of children.

    I don’t have any issues with killing for food and I love a good steak.Killing as pests eradication is also OK before you ask. This was neither though.

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        I am not ok with either. I wouldn’t kill either.

        Pest control works differently. You are trying to kill as many individuals in a very short time span to cripple the population growth. Even if seagulls were classed as pest, killing one has nothing to do with pest control.

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          Sorry, I didn’t mean to imply you were ok with killing anything, bad wording on my part.

          When is killing a pest consider pest control and when is it not pest control?

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              This statement?

              You are trying to kill as many individuals in a very short time span to cripple the population growth

              So if a house had one rat, killing it wouldn’t count as pest control because it’s not killing many individuals?

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                  But two rats will eventually create 100 rats. So you are kind of creating more death. Why not just kill the two rats?

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                    If there were two and you have killed both that’s also pest control. If there were hundred and you killed two - not really.

                    Pests control objectives are either to

                    • not allow the population to to grow or
                    • reduce the overall population or
                    • eradicate the population

                    Killing one seagull or rat if there is hundreds of them in some area achieves neither of the three and is therefore not a pest control even if seagulls were classed as pests.

                    Furthermore killing an animal by smashing it against a wall in front of children may mean that this person has either psychopathic or sociopathic tendencies. Thus, fucking psycho.