I don't understand what is wrong with some of our fellow human beings. There is a total disregard for life. That just made me sick about the pigeons! Yea, big men aren't they? As bad as canned hunts which absolutely disgust me!
Sent from my iPad that my most awesome kids surprised me with, Christmas 2010. On Sep 13, 2011, at 12:35 AM, Natalie <at...@optonline.net> wrote: > So do Canada geese (mate for life). We live on a pond, and they spend a lot > of time here. We feed them, so they don’t go on neighbors’ properties, > bothering them. We actually recognize them every year because of certain > markings, etc. When one loses a mate, they stay alone. I’m not sure if > they ever find another life-mate or not. > > I used to go to the Hegins (PA) Pigeon Shoots to protest. It was sick. > Families having picnics, while their “menfolk” shot at pigeons that had been > confined without food and water in dark little traps for days– they were > released, totally disoriented, in sudden bright sdaylight. They could hardly > fly up, they were so weak. Then these brave men would take potshots at them. > Some injured pigeons were able to fly off, land on roofs and fields, dying a > slow death. Others fell right down, flopping on the ground until teen boys > nonchalantly sauntered over to them, swung them by their necks, either broke > their necks, or ripped their heads off. One kid threw a decapitated pigeon at > me. We had a tent set up with volunteer veterinarians and wildlife rehabbers > to treat the injured birds or euthanize them humanely. > > It was like in Roman times, a bunch of degenerate, bored, and blood lusty > people amusing themselves. > > Hegins Pigeon Shoot is no more, but there are still others! > > > > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Marcia Baronda > Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 12:29 AM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Hunters > > > > doves mate for life...that's what is so sad. another thing that is sad is > people with guns chugging down the booze. No laws to protect anything from > THAT! > > On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 10:51 PM, Georgetta Brickey <gebr...@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > Your posts reminded me of something that happened 40+ years ago on our family > farm in Central California... during dove hunting season. > > We did not allow hunters on our property, but when dying doves fell in our > fields and pastures after being shot nearby, hunters would climb over our > fences to retrieve the bloody bodies. One afternoon the shotgun pellets were > raining down on our roof and through the branches of our oak trees and we > were afraid to go outside so Mom called the county sheriff. When he arrived > to talk to them about unsafe shooting... Mom noticed his hand was > bandaged...an idiot dove hunter had actually shot the deputy in the hand!!! > Go figure! > > When I drove my 25 miles to work, each morning I felt like a cardboard duck > in a fair shooting gallery... groups of "hunters" parked on their backsides > sitting on coolers of doveswith umbrellas erected overhead would wait on both > sides of the road for flocks to fly over. I managed to get to work unscathed > for 5 years, but was never certain I would survive the Sept - Nov. annual > killing season. Our hunting neighbor across the road went out with a few > friends and came back with only one eye... not a single "friend" would admit > he fired the blinding shot. Nice, huh? > > Georgetta > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > -- > > Marcia Baronda > > Baronda Supplies & Service, Inc. > > 1550 S 2700 Rd. > > Herington, Kansas 67449 > > Phone: 785-466-2501 > > Cell: 785-230-6499 > > > > " I wish to address ethics as it applies to our companion animals. As a > veterinarian, I am an advocate for the rights of these wonderful beings who > inhabit the earth and our homes, sharing this journey with us. It is my > conviction that these animals,and all plants and animals, domesticated or > wild, have inherent rights that are separate from their ability to benefit > humans. They have the same right to exist as we do." Don Hamilton DVM > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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