Animal rights people ignore this or even belittle the theory behind herd or population management. Same with bambi.
If deer or wild ass populations continue to increase unchecked, the entire species is threatened due to food supplies and other things needed for survival. If the breeding stock of cattle is not reduced annually (theoretically), the farm is no longer able to feed any of them sufficiently and they will all die. Same goes for the much larger feral populations.
But WV, they might kill Eeyore.
All those idiots can see is the death of an animal. They don't understand the ramifications letting something like this go unchecked can have on HUMAN populations, which I (GASP
) think is more important than saving the wild burro.