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So its ok to kill a creature for eating the plants in your garden, but its not ok to kill an animal for causing traffic accidents which kill a significant number of human beings? Good logic.

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to play devil's advocate, rats are a pest that contribute nothing except to carry disease, deer help to reduce over population of plants. there have been instances in which over hunting of deer has lead to plants/trees dying due to over crowding.