How obvious should it be? A completely inoffensive animal is shot and killed for nothing. I find that disgusting - shouldn’t you?
Thanks for proving my point! That was a grain silo where corn or wheat is stored, the birds get in and eat and chit on it. You’d love the way they get rid of rat’s and I won’t bother you with what I do to coyotes, you’d pass out.
You've apparently never been a farmer.
A completely inoffensive animal is shot and killed for nothing.
That would be disgusting.
Agricultural pests are not "completely inoffensive". Quite the contrary. Agricultural pests are a big detriment to farmers getting your dinner into your chow hall or kitchen. Farmers deal with agricultural pests by killing them. That covers wolves, coyotes, ground hogs, prairie dogs, rats, mice, sparrows, starlings, crows, pigeons, deer, and others I'm not thinking of off hand. They're killed by poisoning, by shooting, by fuel-air explosion, and any other method that seems reasonable. So when farmers (and their friends) kill pests, you should thank them.