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minus-squaredeegeese@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down7·7 months agoThat seems a bit like complaining that cattle are replacing native deer. They may occupy the same niche, but one feeds people and the other does not.
minus-squarefireweed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down2·7 months agoYeah but people don’t make a big deal about “save the deer!” and then start a cattle ranch
minus-squareWelt@lazysoci.allinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·7 months agoBecause deer are also invasive and aren’t needed for cattle breeding. Not a great analogy
minus-squareflora_explora@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoWell, I think the insidious problem about honeybees is that people often say “save the bees” and mean only honeybees. But it is a domesticated species that doesn’t need any saving. Meanwhile endangered species get forgotten altogether.
That seems a bit like complaining that cattle are replacing native deer.
They may occupy the same niche, but one feeds people and the other does not.
Yeah but people don’t make a big deal about “save the deer!” and then start a cattle ranch
Because deer are also invasive and aren’t needed for cattle breeding. Not a great analogy
Well, I think the insidious problem about honeybees is that people often say “save the bees” and mean only honeybees. But it is a domesticated species that doesn’t need any saving. Meanwhile endangered species get forgotten altogether.