barn said...
Shooting roos is fine, its more humane than any other way of getting meat, but..
I'm going to compare this whole 'I'll shoot ANY feral animals on sight' to the practice of Halal... I used to live in Egypt, a country that Australia once banned live meat exports to for the exact practice displayed in the videos. And one of the things I noticed is they enjoyed the suffering of animals, it's some kind of macho superiority thing. I've witnessed stray dogs and cats bashed for fun, the camels were treated like **** and the horses were made to work on limp legs.. They had no idea about the sentient nature of the other animals...
I think this is another reason why they don't see any problem using the Halal method..
Now what about walking around in the bush shooting all the ferals?.. It's not protecting the environment, shooting one fox has no impact on the biodiversity, Golf Clubbing one Cane Toad is not going to save a Koala.. All it is is an excuse to be a twat to an animal..
It's not their fault they are feral, and unless its a controlled and extensive pest reduction operation there is really no point killing them...
So killing a feral cat is not doing any good, and depending on season there could be a whole litter of cats who will starve to death because you shot the mum, for fun...
I've had friends who used to put chips on their fish hooks and catch seagulls, they used to think it was Ok cause seagulls were annoying pests..
Thats all it is, killing for fun.. I have no doubt that the Halal practice started as some sick F**k getting his kicks out of the suffering of an animal.. And Shooting a fox for the fun of it is almost the same, it's just being a dick to an animal.. Some kind of superiority complex... Do you get a licence to kill just because they are feral..
I don't believe it! Not only civility, but addressing the subject matter. A pleasant change. Thankyou,
Now to address your points. I agree with much of what you say, however, I don't just kill animals because it's fun. I shoot because
that's fun, and killing feral animals makes that fun a service to the rural community. Every fox, cat, pig etc which the thousands of hunters kill is a +ve action, and I do join the big annual fox hunts. Last year in 1 weekend we collectively killed >5,000 foxes. But remember, I said killed. There's no room for cruelty. If a fox isn't killed with 1 round it is with the 2nd, but that's rare. No comparison at all with halal slaughter.
The fun part is the hunt. It takes lots of skill and patience to hunt down foxes, cats and pigs. Yea, it might be a bit of a macho thing, but real hunters hurt no-one, destroy no-one's property and do a service to the community (not to mention the native fauna). As for roos, every hunter I know kills only what they want to use, though many of the farmers would like more of them culled.
There must be exceptions to what I've said, but that's just what they are. There must be "... some sick F**k getting his kicks out of the suffering of an animal." out there, in Oz, but the vast majority think and act responsibly, as I do.
EDIT: "I don't believe it! Not only civility, but addressing the subject matter. A pleasant change. Thankyou,"
Hmmm, I spoke too soon. I was hopeful though. You do have a problem Barn.