first, I agree that canned hunts are absolutely wrong; besides, where's the
"sport" in catching something inside a fence?
second, most deer hunters are NOT "fat cats". In a lot of really rural areas,
the poverty is such that there are many many families who depend on hunting to
feed their families through the winter. (Vegetarianism isn't the answer for
everybody; it's a choice.) These people are working full time and then some to
simply keep a roof over their heads. Gardening is helpful, but not enough.
third, we have to face the unpleasant reality that we have forced
overpopulation issues by replacing habitat with farmland and highways and
killing off their historical natural preditors (wolves, coyotes etc). The
farms are regular sources of food and the deer population has adjusted itself
accordingly with hunting and highways as part of their natural chain.
Do you honestly think it is better for deer to starve slowly in the winter,
damaging farmer's crops, than to die quickly? I don't know any hunters who are
happy about wounding an animal w/o killing it and they do their best to be good
shots.
I know from personal experience that there are nasty people in any kind of
category you choose to divide them into, but I believe, also from personal
experience, that the vast majority aren't nasty.
This said, I am not going to enter into a debate. I've lived around hunters
all my life and have an actual conservation ecologist in the family and the
above is sincerely believed by me.
Barb+Smoky the House Puma+El Bandito Malito
"My cat the clown: paying no mind to whom he should impress. Merely living
his life, doing what pleases him, and making me smile."
- Anonymous
----- Original Message ----
From: glenda Goodman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2007 9:50:03 AM
Subject: Re: OT: deer hunters: Greater heart attack risk
My take on this is most guys who hunt are fat cats who
eat a lot of meat and can afford to take hunting
trips...
This means, they often hold high end jobs, where they
sit at a desk all day. "Hunting" restores that need in
them to feel like real men.
For starters, these out of shape creeps, need to
become VEGETARIANS and take it from there. People who
kill animals for sport have no soul. The types that
really are the most disgusting are the "hunters" that
"hunt" for huge fees, in these fenced in parks, where
the animals are often retired zoo animals or old and
sick wildlife. Texas is full of these places. Too bad
the wildlife can't be armed with all the modern
weapons with scopes and lasers and things could be
reversed.How would these"hunters" like seeing their
mom or children murdered before their very eyes?
Maybe "hunting" needs to be replaced by "hiking" and
people need to appreciate looking at our beautiful
wildlife enjoying their lives and feeling happy and
secure in our beautiful places?
Glenda
--- Susan Dubose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Found this very interesting. Of course, I wonder if
> it has anything to do with your inner spirit knowing
> that it is not right to harm these beautiful animals
> and this is punishment for their ignorance.
>
>
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070817/hl_nm/deer_risk_dc
>
>
> Susan J. DuBose >^..^<
> www.PetGirlsPetsitting.com
> www.Tx.SiameseRescue.org
> www.shadowcats.net
> "As Cleopatra lay
> in state,
> Faithful Bast at
> her side did wait,
> Purring welcomes
> of soft applause,
> Ever guarding
> with sharpened claws."
> Trajan
> Tennent
>
>
>
>
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