The Value of a Human Life

[hobbsyoyo]

My position is that people who hunt for sport should be hunted for sport.

In areas where predators have been eliminated I feel there is a moral obligation to hunt big game animals as a means for population control.

 

[Berzerker]

including us?

 

[Hrothbern]

Clearly bogus.

Mother Jones estimated there are 200-400 Billion birds on the planet. That's about 50-1 to humans. Even if humans average 100 times the mass, it's clear birds are excluded from the picture. You can do the same things with rodents and other small animals. This does not even take oceans into account.
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2011/03/how-many-birds/

J

My bad in wording
Wild animal should have been wild mamal animal !

then the figures are correct

 

[Berzerker]

you mean the kind of critters who end up as road kill

I hope cars in the future will have some kind of radar to warn drivers of animals and people ahead

 

[Manfred Belheim]

Clearly bogus.

Mother Jones estimated there are 200-400 Billion birds on the planet. That's about 50-1 to humans. Even if humans average 100 times the mass, it's clear birds are excluded from the picture. You can do the same things with rodents and other small animals. This does not even take oceans into account.
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2011/03/how-many-birds/

J

I would imagine the vast majority of birds in the world are of the smaller, garden variety. These usually weigh 10 to 30 grams. A factor of 100 would mean you're assuming an average bird weight of around 600 grams, which is more like a duck or an owl. I'd guess you're going to be overestimating to total "birdmass" by a factor of 10 or 20 if you're assuming an average weight of 600 grams.