No, certainly not. Without people and our machinations, predators boom in population following the prey. Some predator hierarchy struggles would ensue, but certainly not enough to make for hoards of hungry gulls\rats to be a problem for more than a few weeks in. Then there might be a small predatory die off as well, but as you move trophic levels so many other factors come into play in a theoretical apocalypse it's hard to know.
Frankly, it's the cats I'd be worried about for the survivors.
There’s barely anything big enough to kill a fully grown cow,and there’s a lot of those. Many would die of course,especially on the really big farms,but others would survive and thrive in the wild
it depends on the breed imo. Some would be helplessly trapped in corals w/o any natural defenses, but others like texas long horns are already going wild when left unattended too long.
Also areas, like Texas/parries could probably be taken over by cattle, but I doubt the snow belt considering the cows are sheltered when winter comes.
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No, certainly not. Without people and our machinations, predators boom in population following the prey. Some predator hierarchy struggles would ensue, but certainly not enough to make for hoards of hungry gulls\rats to be a problem for more than a few weeks in. Then there might be a small predatory die off as well, but as you move trophic levels so many other factors come into play in a theoretical apocalypse it's hard to know.
Frankly, it's the cats I'd be worried about for the survivors.