Originally Posted By: CivicFan
Originally Posted By: wavinwayne
Originally Posted By: CivicFan
While I find killing animals and eating them to be distasteful at the very least, what really upsets me is hunting for trophies. Time and time again killing and massacring animals is portrayed as a fun or even a noble activity.
Have you ever taken the time to learn what happens to the meat taken on a "trophy" hunt, especially on the big-budget African hunts?
It doesn't matter - you are talking about efforts for minimizing the effects of this bloodthirsty behavior. Killing an animal as a trophy is disgusting.
To you, yes. To others, no.
The point he's trying to make is that even trophy meat is not wasted. It is typically given to local needy food pantries; donated to the hungry. Does not matter if it happens in Africa, Russia or even the US. Most huners are responsible hunters; they don't waste food. So, in essence, your objection is based upon the fact that the hunter is seeking to increase his joy of the hunt by finding the "best" trophy, all while helping feed others who are not "disgusted" by finding good food on their plate?
You state that you find killing animals to be "distasteful at the very least ...". OK - that's good for you; you are as entitled to your opinion as anyone else. I would presume that you're a vegan? No fish, no seafood, no land animals consumed? I'm fine with that. It's a valid way to feed oneself. But what is your objection based upon? Is it the "killing"? Do you not "kill" plantlife to consume it? If you were to consume grains (which are various forms of grasses) then you are ending the life of a living entity before it's natural passing. You're "killing" plantlife. This is true of all forms of plantlife; fruits, grains, legumes, vegetables, etc. Ever eat frozen peas? Harvested before their life has ended. Get it?
So, is your objection based upon the fact that plants don't have "feelings and emotions" but animals do? Am I to believe that you have the ability to judge and discern what is "just and fair" for all living things, while other people do not? Further, I presume you may not have stopped to realize that even plantlife has living microbes on them. When you gently wash off your broccoli, you're not ridding it of ALL living things, you know. So, just because you can't hear the screams of the microbes, like you would of the bleating sheep at slaughter, does NOT mean you're not consuming live organisms. You want to define "life" in just one manner of being, that which is convenient to your way of perception. I find your view of our "disgusting" behavior "shortsighted". You probably don't agree. I see a heaping dose of pious irony here, but maybe it's just me.
Let's all face facts; we must consume other living (or once living) things (in all manners of being) to survive. Some of us are hunters (carnivores), some are gatherers (herbavores). Some us of do both (omnivores).
