So your options aside from the natural one of killing and eating them is to either spend tons of money to sterilize them, or to mess with the forest and habitat by selection of plants and by spraying nasty chemicals? Sorry, I find that a slight bit more unethical (which is a fascinating thing, now that I reflect on it, that I find poisons, plant manipulation, and sterilization less ethical than hunting). My reasons are that I believe the best solutions to these problems are natural ones. Plus I hate messing with native plants, let the habitat control itself with as little interference as possible. And chemicals in the environment have unforeseen long term effects. Messing with a chaotic system in unnatural ways is never wise.
Do I see animals as a commodity? No. I see them as animals. I am an animal. I don't condemn bears for eating meat, or coyotes for eating rabbits, or chimpanzees from hunting and eating meat. Why am I different? Because I have an understanding of other minds? So what. It might change the way I view feed lots, but it doesn't mean I am separate from other animals, or that I should reject my own biology. As long as an animal lives naturally I see no problem with ending it's life to eat on it, as it would end it naturally without our interference. The only difference is that less of the animal will be wasted if used by a human than if killed by say a coyote or a cougar.
Do I see animals as a commodity? No. I see them as animals. I am an animal. I don't condemn bears for eating meat, or coyotes for eating rabbits, or chimpanzees from hunting and eating meat. Why am I different? Because I have an understanding of other minds? So what. It might change the way I view feed lots, but it doesn't mean I am separate from other animals, or that I should reject my own biology. As long as an animal lives naturally I see no problem with ending it's life to eat on it, as it would end it naturally without our interference. The only difference is that less of the animal will be wasted if used by a human than if killed by say a coyote or a cougar.
