The have "controlled" deer hunts in Princeton, NJ (about 20 miles from where I live) every year. They claim it's for the safety of the residents. They also claim that we are overpopulated. Which is hogwash -- humans took over their natural habitat, so we kill them just to thin out the herd? Puh-leeze. Ticks me off. They send snipers and sharpshooters to kill them with bolt-like bullets. They make a big thing out of it every year on the NJ talk radio. Those people in Princeton are more concerned with how their lawns look than they are about the deer -- and yet they shop at Whole Earth Center and won't eat anything that isn't organic. Hypocrites.
T ----- Original Message ----- From: Natalie<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 8:10 AM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Hunters Actually, the deer aren't responsible for overpopulation; they are "managed" for maximum sustained yield, for only one reason: to supply better hunting opportunities and revenues from hunting license fees. If they were left alone, their numbers would be normal, and just enough to fill the biological carrying capacity of an area that can sustain their numbers. And, yet, you always hear: Isn't it kinder to kill them than to let them starve? Then why would they want such skinny deer? Because they really care only about that rack, and a few lbs of meat are irrelevant. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lynda Wilson Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 7:02 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Hunters It just breaks my heart when we lived in Austin, Tx that there were so many deer starving, they would shoot them rather than feed them. In fact, I worked for a CPA that would litterally climb a tree and have a pile of corn on the ground, wait for the deer to start eating and shoot it. It made me sick and I certainly gave him my opinion on it. Deer are such beautiful animals. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lorrie" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> To: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 4:37 AM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Hunters > On 09-12, dot winkler wrote: >> Hysterical! L.O.L. I love it. The thing is, yes, some of them hunt >> and actually use the meat - smoke it, make sausage with it (yuck!). At >> least they are eating the deer. But the thing is, the animal is so >> beautiful a creature to behold and so delicate. How can anyone have >> the heart to kill them? They are graceful and grace our woods and >> lands. To see one in your yard is a special and breathtaking sight. >> I don't see how anyone could do it. >> >> _________________________________________________________________ > > I could never kill a deer. Many deer come to our yard, and they are > so beautiful. Last winter some bastard shot the leg off one of them. > It was right at the knee and it was just dangling for weeks. Finally > it dropped off and thankfully it never got infected. She still comes > to our house, and still keeps up with her group. She's an amazing, > brave little doe and we call her "Tripod". > > Lorrie > > > Tripod and she > in > our yard > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org<http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org> > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org<http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org> _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org<http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org>
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