Killing animals for sport

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Mark17

I have never personally put a condom on a wild animal (let's just be clear on THAT,) but I suppose it could be done.....

Now that is a sport i would pay to watch.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Now that is a sport i would pay to watch.

Especially if it was squirrel monkeys.

Who knew?

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[seanofjapan]

I find the idea of hunting giraffes (vulnerable to extinction) and other endangered/near endangered species for sport to be extremely obnoxious and am fine with these people being criticized for that. I have friends who hunt ducks and deer and I have no problem at all with that, its one thing to hunt non-endangered animals for food in your own neck of the woods. Its another entirely for some spoiled rich kid to spend tens of thousands of dollars to fly to another country and kill an animal whose population is in terminal decline because that is what stokes their ego.

At the same time though, poaching for the Chinese market is a way bigger threat to those animals than rich American hunters are.

With bullfighting I just don't understand why it has to be lethal to the bull. Portugese bull fights aren't lethal to the bull for example.

[pokerplyr80]

As far as the conservation argument goes I don't have any stats or numbers in front of me but as I understand it many of these hunters are paying 10s or even 100s of thousands of dollars to shoot an animal that would be taken out regardless, for one reason or another. These funds often represent a large portion of an annual budget for whatever group protects animals in the region. The money may protect many other animals from poachers, or other threats.

[DHogan]

I have a question for the group. In winter, when women and men wear these big heavy coats with fur hoods and around the collars. And a lot of woman wear big warm hats with all little fur on the top of the hat. Why don't people say where does that fur come from ? I doubt it's machine made.

[Mark17]

Originally Posted by DHogan

I have a question for the group. In winter, when women and men wear these big heavy coats with fur hoods and around the collars. And a lot of woman wear big warm hats with all little fur on the top of the hat. Why don't people say where does that fur come from ? I doubt it's machine made.

I guess I don't feel a need to sit in judgement over what other people choose to wear.

And if I did I would see nothing wrong with wearing fur. Or leather shoes, or for that matter, I'm not going to give ballplayers a hard time for using leather gloves.....

Life is so much happier and simpler when we refrain from trying to control the choices other people make.

[Jim65]

Originally Posted by Mark17

I guess I don't feel a need to sit in judgement over what other people choose to wear.

And if I did I would see nothing wrong with wearing fur. Or leather shoes, or for that matter, I'm not going to give ballplayers a hard time for using leather gloves.....

Life is so much happier and simpler when we refrain from trying to control the choices other people make.

Very true, to me theres nothing worse than the "I don't like it therefore no one should be allowed to do it" people.

[packs]

Originally Posted by DHogan

I have a question for the group. In winter, when women and men wear these big heavy coats with fur hoods and around the collars. And a lot of woman wear big warm hats with all little fur on the top of the hat. Why don't people say where does that fur come from ? I doubt it's machine made.

If it's a new coat or hat it's definitely faux fur. Very few people wear actual fur anymore, mostly because of the backlash that comes with wearing fur. Some cities, like Los Angeles for example, ban the sale or manufacturing of fur. In other parts of the world the practice or farming is banned entirely as well. I haven't known anyone my age to wear fur at all.

For me, it's the quality of life that's important. Ireland recently banned fur farming just this year. They used mink farms as an example of the extreme cruelty the animals endure while being crammed into cages before being gassed and skinned.

[RichardSimon]

Let's arm the animals and see what happens then with all those brave hunters.