DADvocate

Norway has a moose problem. Indeed, it is a moose problem that effects the entire planet.

Norway is concerned that its national animal, the moose, is harming the climate by emitting an estimated 2,100 kilos of carbon dioxide a year through its belching and farting.

Norwegian newspapers, citing research from Norway's technical university, said a motorist would have to drive 13,000 kilometers in a car to emit as much CO2 as a moose does in a year.

Moose emit large quantities of methane and carbon dioxide because they are ruminates, like cows and sheep.

Agriculture is responsible for producing 37 percent of global methane emissions, a gas that is 23 times more potent than CO2 when it comes to global warming. And much of this gas comes from the burps of ruminating animals such as cows and sheep.

Another ruminate is deer. And, the deer population in the United States has skyrocketed in recent decades. The current deer population of North America is well over 30 million. There were only an estimated 500,000 deer in North America in 1900. Is it just by chance that global warming correlates with the dramatic rise in the deer population? Above we've seen that methane in 23 times more potent than CO2 when it comes to global warming. The deer create methane.

A deer goes to the bathroom" an average of 13 times every 24 hours. Usually 65 percent of the food will be used by the animal, and 5 percent is lost as methane gas, 5 percent as urine, and 25 percent as feces.

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Yuk!

Deer are also causing all sorts of other destruction and damage.

Deer damage to agriculture in New York was between $58 million and $60 million in 2003, said Paul Curtis, an associate professor and extension wildlife specialist at Cornell University.

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Today’s high deer population may shape how the country’s forests look decades from now. The animals are reducing the number of trees and seedlings and affecting which species will survive, forestry experts say.

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Michael Conover, a wildlife professor and director of the Jack Berryman Institute at Utah State University, estimates deer cause at least $750 million in damage to the United States timber industry annually.

Humans, too, face increased dangers. There were 1.5 million deer and vehicle crashes in 2003, injuring 13,713 people and causing $1.1 billion in vehicle damage, according to a study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety released in November.

Many people have a misplaced affection for deer because of deers' beauty and grace. Make no mistake about it, these animals are responsible for habitat destruction of many other species, thousands of auto accidents, crop destruction, broken hotel windows in downtown Cincinnati, plus they're destroying the planet via global warming.

One obvious way to control these rampant, destructive animals is to hunt and eat them. Lots of pantywaist, wimpy PETA types don't want you to hunt. Man’s natural role is that of a hunter/gatherer. We've neglected the hunting part to a fault and now our planet faces of global catastrophe. The hell with Bambi's mother, and Bambi, take a hunter safety course, get your hunting license and do everything you can to save the planet.