The arguments for predators are that they belong to nature and have their rightful place there. The arguments against the predator are often based on the problems the sheep farmers have with the predator. The debate seems to be locked in these to views.

It is said that in order to get good answers, one has to ask good questions. Can there therefore be other questions and answers that should also not be raised and be guiding in the discussion?

Yes so absolutely I mean.

We have a climate crisis going on, we must admit, whether we want to or not. What will it lead to as it escalates?

Yes, traditional agriculture will struggle hard to produce enough food for an ever-increasing population. Droughts and floods will help crops both in Norway and abroad.

The possibilities for importing food may therefore suddenly be over. What do we do then and like important, what do I want to do other countries? The answer is obvious, everyone wants to use their own food for their own population.

Maybe it will trigger armed conflict as well, because everyone wants and must have food!

Then one question becomes bigger than all the others: where can we find food? For as we know, our own capacity for self-sufficiency is frighteningly low. Utmarka can be part of the rescue!

Outfields will to a greater extent withstand drought / floods than cultivated land. But in the field, it is mostly only grazing animals that can make use of what is there. Grass, shrubs and trees.

The domesticated domestic animals and the wild deer grow tons of meat every year.

The question I ask in the headline you probably understand my answer to now. Unfortunately, the predator must give way so that we can harvest all that the field can give us of food, because there are large quantities!

The answer must be this way, whether we like it or not. The day hungry kids ask us to bring food to the table, we have no other choice.

But are we willing to make that choice today? What happens if we wait for 20-30 years?

Unfortunately, then it’s too late. Then the grazing animals are gone and the field has grown again. We probably then also have a larger number of predators. And when the sheep are gone, the deer are more stressed and decimated.

Then there is not much left of the large and good dish for us.

Which choice will be a good choice?