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minus-squaredeegeese@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·16 days 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-up20·16 days agoYeah but people don’t make a big deal about “save the deer!” and then start a cattle ranch
minus-squareSparrowRanjitScaur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·16 days agoWhen people talk about saving the bees they usually mean the ones responsible for feeding us.
minus-squareWelt@lazysoci.allinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agoBecause deer are also invasive and aren’t needed for cattle breeding. Not a great analogy
minus-squareflora_explora@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 days 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
When people talk about saving the bees they usually mean the ones responsible for feeding us.
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.