Yes, unless the argument offered is ill informed and completely ignorant of facts.
Case in point. Being a life long animal nut and living rural for the last 23 years and as a former wild life re-habber, I was recently told by a panicking newbie to the country/mountain scene up here that they were going to trap or shoot a river otter in their pond. They emphatically stated it was the city slickers that voted on these conservation laws and that these animals were vicious and destroyed all your pond life.
Well, they do eat fish and frogs and other invertebrates, but more than likely it will move on because ponds don’t support much life to begin with, opposed to the large rivers in our area.
It is probably just passing through, deal with it.
I found it funny considering they were “city slickers” a mere 2 years ago, and told them outright that were wrong. Conservation laws are instilled for, well, duh…CONSERVATION of endangered or threatened specie and that river otters were protected because they were trapped to the verge of extinction for their pelts in the last couple centuries.
I will not keep my mouth shut when it comes to propagating total bullshit ignorance.
If you’re going to move to a high wildlife area educate yourself and learn to live with the creatures around you.