I respect that! That’s a personal ethical decision, to intervene or not, but most naturalists I think believe it’s best to not interfere as you upset the balance - you’re at least depriving something of a meal or may need to survive if you intervene.
In our case, we knew Mrs. Bun was a semi-domesticated bunny; my wife would feed her rabbit treats by hand, of she was in our yard. And if an any animal is injured obviously because of humans - birds striking a window, for example - I’ll intervene and try to save the animal. But I wouldn’t try to stop a fox from taking a rabbit; that’s nature doing its thing. I would stop a coyote from taking one of our cats - if we let them outside, which we don’t - but that’s saving family.
Humans and our complex ethical and moral structures, huh?
I respect that! That’s a personal ethical decision, to intervene or not, but most naturalists I think believe it’s best to not interfere as you upset the balance - you’re at least depriving something of a meal or may need to survive if you intervene.
In our case, we knew Mrs. Bun was a semi-domesticated bunny; my wife would feed her rabbit treats by hand, of she was in our yard. And if an any animal is injured obviously because of humans - birds striking a window, for example - I’ll intervene and try to save the animal. But I wouldn’t try to stop a fox from taking a rabbit; that’s nature doing its thing. I would stop a coyote from taking one of our cats - if we let them outside, which we don’t - but that’s saving family.
Humans and our complex ethical and moral structures, huh?