SHARING HERE A POIGNANT EXPERIENCE
At our Common Ground Fair in Maine this past September, two of our leading farmers and myself (Geri Vistein, wildlife biologist) were scheduled to give a presentation titled “Sustainable Farming with Carnivores.” The farmer who spoke just us before asked what we were going to speak about, and when we mentioned the title of our presentation, his immediate response was “Oh, you are going to teach how to CONTROL the carnivores.” I answered by gently saying that we were going to help assist our farmers to coexist with carnivores successfully.
So in that context I would like to share this link regarding research on just this topic. This farmer’s immediate response is evidence of what these researchers have found. It is a good read to help us think about our relationships with the “Others.”
https://phys.org/news/2015-10-americans-tend-wildlife-ancestors.html