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In reply to the discussion: Had a nice day deer hunting in Maine today. Last day for regular season. A big Maine tradition. [View all]enough
(13,259 posts)native plant species until they cannot survive at all in the area, and huge swaths of land-mass become overrun by mono-cultures of invasive plant species. That is what is happening all over Pennsylvania, in any area where there are still woods containing a large diversity of native plants. The diversity is being eradicated by over-population of deer, and the entire vast area is becoming species-impoverished. The deer now live in a totally artificial environment in which they have no predators, and they in turn are destroying plant diversity.
In case you think this is some sort of fantasy, I have personally observed it happening over the past seven decades during which I have lived in the same area and have been closely involved with our native plant population.
Also, for meat. I do not buy meat from factory farms, ever. Venison is our staple meat.