Hunting

Plain language summary: Considering how human harvesting differs from killing by predators


Relational Thinking
Robert Lennox, Jacob Brownscombe, Chris Darimont, Andrij Horodysky, Taal Levi, Graham Raby, and Steven Cooke
2022-07-03

Around the world, predators are declining due to habitat loss and direct hunting or persecution. Often, people celebrate loss of predators for reducing predation pressure on prey populations that can release greater yields to human harvesters. Can humans have similar positive impacts on ecosystems when compared to wild predators?