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Originally Posted by Tracker  i killed a chipmunk while i was playing paintball,, granted it was more of a mercy killing because i stepped on him and he rolled while underneath my boot.. but does that make ame a monster? or a poacher? people blast prarie dogs for fun all over the us.. are they monsters too?
them being tried in the case of poaching is fine, completely understandable that a licence to hunt varmit (guessing thats what they are classified as) doesnt include a provision of "with paintball firing equipment" but at the same token, you find me some people that really think highly of skunks as anything more than nusciance anmials in the first place..
but that being said, i understand they were more in trouble for taking game by unaproved methods on public land than anything else
i think i had a point in there somewhere....
Tracker |
You're taking it way out of context and blowing it way out of proportion. No one said anyone here was a monster. The people who killed the skunks basically beat the animals to death which is far, far different from a nuisance animal being shot with a high powered rifle. A paintball marker and paintballs are not designed to transfer enough energy to destroy tissue or kill anything. Because of that, what the people in the news story did equated to beating the animals to death in a very slow way.
I eat meat, I don't like skunks and I understand that some animals need to be killed for one reason or another but when an animal needs to be killed it should be done humanely. If you'll notice, the word humane contains the entire word "human" within it. To me, that means that humans should be held to higher standards than the beasties so if you want to belong to the human race, you should treat every person and every animal humanely.
I cannot agree with or feel good about people killing anything in ways that cause the animal pain for any more time than is necessary.
Also, I do not feel it is part of growing up to kill animals with BB guns or .22's just because the animal was unfortunate enough to cross someone's path. When an animal is killed for no reason other than for it's death to amuse the person doing the killing, then it is a bit monstrous IMHO. Ending some thing's life for your pleasure is not healthy or normal.