There are several of us on this list who do not eat meat and believe that animals have the right to a life apart from what humans think they're here for, i.e. simply to feed humans or be used as a sporting event.
Sent from my iPhone On Oct 2, 2012, at 1:44 PM, Joslin Potter <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with you, but what would happen if we didn't have a hunting season, > do you think they would not still reproduce like they do now? To each their > own, again, I'm just thankful for the life of a deer, and the people who do > purchase linceses as this money is put back into the wild life. The funding > from licenses and tags is used to insure a healthy population of wildlife in > the states, including the DNR to enforce the rules... I take it you don't eat > meat Natalie? > > From: Natalie <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2012 11:52 AM > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bow hunting > > It may provide your family with meat, BUT, technically, hunting doesn’t > really lower deer populations except in the immediate aftermath of a cull. > Next year, there will be the same number of deer, if not more, because > hunting encourages and spurs reproduction through compensatory rebound and > because states manage deer for MSY (maximum sustained yield). I’m sure that > you will notice that the population doesn’t really go down in the long run. > I have made it my business to learn as much as I can about deer > biology/reproduction. Natalie > > From: Felvtalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Joslin Potter > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 9:48 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bow hunting > > I'm thankful for deer season, it provides my family with meat, as well as > keeping population under control. -Joslin > > From: Natalie <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2012 9:16 AM > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bow hunting > > I monitor all the hunting accidents, it happens a lot, but unfortunately, > innocent bystanders get hurt or killed, too - not to mention all the > domestic animals, even farm animals. > An Indiana hunter was killed on a youth day hunt, and two men with a 10-yr > old kid with them, blamed it on him. Turned out, it wasn't..... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Felvtalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Lorrie > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 7:01 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bow hunting > > I hate bow hunting or any hunting whatsoever. I'd really love to see a > hunter with a bow stuck in him, and I'm quite delighted when I hear that a > hunter has shot his hunting buddy by mistake. > > > Lorrie > > On 10-01, [email protected] wrote: Bow hunting has started in my area > > and I keep my cats close to home. Only Harley goes down the road, so > > HE stays inside. I keep hearing "they are only animals" as the excuse. > > Well, since we are suspossed to be descended from monkeys, we are > > animals so why can't I shoot them. They are only animals arn't they? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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