Originally posted by Hank ReardenI eat them all the time. Had a rib eye steak for supper. But I believe in the humane treatment of animals. And in the humane raising and killing of market animals. I was humane to the steak and it in turn has been humane to me so far this evening.
"If we're not supposed to eat animals then why are they made of eat?"
Originally posted by Delmerwhats your views on hunting?
I eat them all the time. Had a rib eye steak for supper. But I believe in the humane treatment of animals. And in the humane raising and killing of market animals. I was humane to the steak and it in turn has been humane to me so far this evening.
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Originally posted by DelmerHa ha, love it Del!
I eat them all the time. Had a rib eye steak for supper. But I believe in the humane treatment of animals. And in the humane raising and killing of market animals. I was humane to the steak and it in turn has been humane to me so far this evening.
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Originally posted by scottishinnzNext to raccoons, reptiles and amphibians are my favorite wild things. I'm always nice to frogs. When I mow the grass I do it slowly and am often off the mower to herd toads, snakes and frogs into safe areas under bushes or where I have already mowed. Reptiles and amphibians need all the help they can get.
Ha ha, love it Del!
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Originally posted by DelmerDon't need a gun for frogs, a golf club does nicely.
Next to raccoons, reptiles and amphibians are my favorite wild things. I'm always nice to frogs. When I mow the grass I do it slowly and am often off the mower to herd toads, snakes and frogs into safe areas under bushes or where I have already mowed. Reptiles and amphibians need all the help they can get.
Originally posted by Hank ReardenI used to hunt small game but haven't done it for maybe 10 years. Now and then I shoot a few animals that are obviously sick with distemper. Some years that's a problem among raccoons and foxes in this area. I believe hunting can be done in a reasonably humane fashion by people who know what they're doing. Automobiles are a much bigger problem, and more cruel, to animals than hunting.
whats your views on hunting?
My dog and cats have a right to be fed, have their medical needs taken care of and to have some of my attention. Even the Bible has something to say on how domestic animals, which are dependant on their owners, should be treated. I saw a deer on the Pennsylvania turnpike a while back that had been hit, probably by a truck, down on its knees with buckets of blood gushing out of its mouth. I wanted to cry (well, maybe I did, but it was just a little...not enough that anybody would call me a sissy or anything.)
Originally posted by masscatI understand completely. Highways are cruel places. In Michigan the law essentially states that wildlife belongs to the state and you are not even legally allowed to put a highway injured animal out of its misery, or take it somewhere for help if its small enough and you can handle it. Of course, not all of us follow that law. I picked up a Great Horned Owl one morning that had flown into the side of a semi-trailer quite a ways ahead of me and was standing dazed along the highway. Set it in the backseat of a company car and drove it 15 miles to a licensed wildlife rehab guy. All the way there I kept tell myself to keep my eyes on the road if the owl started flying around inside the car. Lots of people have been killed by smacking head-on into other vehicles but I'd never heard of anyone being killed by an owl. Thankfully the owl stood quietly in the back seat for the whole trip. The rehab guy saved his life but the own did lose the sight in one eye and wound up living in a local wildlife refuge rather than being returned to the wild.
My dog and cats have a right to be fed, have their medical needs taken care of and to have some of my attention. Even the Bible has something to say on how domestic animals, which are dependant on their owners, should be treated. I saw a deer on the Pennsylvania turnpike a while back that had been hit, probably by a truck, down on its knees with buckets of ...[text shortened]... be I did, but it was just a little...not enough that anybody would call me a sissy or anything.)
Originally posted by DelmerYou're a good man. (I'm serious)
I understand completely. Highways are cruel places. In Michigan the law essentially states that wildlife belongs to the state and you are not even legally allowed to put a highway injured animal out of its misery, or take it somewhere for help if its small enough and you can handle it. Of course, not all of us follow that law. I picked up a Great Horned Owl o ...[text shortened]... one eye and wound up living in a local wildlife refuge rather than being returned to the wild.
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Originally posted by masscatThank you, masscat, but I'm sure you've done many similiar things yourself. Or will, if you haven't yet. And I happen to live in a part of the country, and on a farm, where one comes into contact with wild creatures almost every day. Some of us just get more chances to help than others.
You're a good man. (I'm serious)