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Originally Posted by T-Rich
I'm pro-biodiversity so I don't want any animals to go extinct but I also believe in natural selection so if an animal can't exist on its own without human intervention then perhaps it doesn't deserve to exist. Cows, chickens, and pigs are fairly distinct in that we've reduced the numbers of most other animals by destroying their habitat where as we've artificially inflated their numbers which is causing large environmental impacts. So what I'd want is to see their numbers decrease to a more natural equilibrium. I'd be disappointed if the last groups of chickens, pigs and cows were living on a remote island and humanity came along and killed them but if they were living on that island and died out over time due to natural selection I have no problem with that.
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Natural selection would probably see cow, chicken and pig populations explode without human intervention, they're just genetically nearly bullet proof at this point in time.
Its like introducing domesticated rabbits, once they get past that first generation and their survival instincts return to the surface, they'll probably squeeze out any similar wild life .
Out of curiousity does your pro natural selection no human intervention stance extent to humans?