• deaf_fish@midwest.social
    1·
    2 days ago

    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?

      • deaf_fish@midwest.social
        1·
        2 days ago

        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?

          • deaf_fish@midwest.social
            1·
            2 days ago

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

            • FelixCress@lemmy.world
              3·
              2 days ago

              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.

              • deaf_fish@midwest.social
                1·
                2 days ago

                I don’t understand how these two statements don’t contradict each other.

                reduce the overall population or

                Killing one seagull or rat if there is hundreds of them in some area achieves neither of the three

                So, we doom the man to be a psycho even though he may not be one?

                may mean that this person has either psychopathic or sociopathic tendencies

                Thus, fucking psycho.

                • FelixCress@lemmy.world
                  3·
                  2 days ago

                  What?

                  Killing one animal does not reduce the population of hundreds in any substantial way which could possibly be considered a pest control.

                  So, yeah - he is a fucking psycho. He killed as a revenge.