Appropriate punishment for animal cruelty

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

Don't generalize...not saying all hunters. If a person loves animals and respects life then they will treat animals with respect, hunter or not. But America's love affair with guns and killing stuff is a symptom of an overall lack of respect for life. We rationalize...ie: killing animals is good because we must control overpopulation. So...killing is justified to prevent other causes of death from predators, starvation etc. Humm...but if I kill a deer, that's my act, my responsibility, if a pack of wolves kill a deer...that's their act. So...I'm not responsible for my act since if I didn't do it someone or something else would? Seems to me I've heard that argument before....

Somer, would you rather kill an animal for food QUICKLY (which is what a REAL hunter does) or would you rather that animal die a slow death by starvation? I choose the former. By the way, wolf packs are dwindling as well due to humans. All of our development over their territory is slowly killing them off. They have nowhere to go... and guess what that means? Death for them too. To me, it's sad what this world is coming to.

[Danzig]

it's a mess. we are part of nature, but we're supposed to 'rise above it'...we mess up the food chain, of which we are most definitely a part, but then some of us don't want us to be a part of it. we made ourselves the top predator, which means the prey is breeding like rabbits, since we've pretty much wiped out all the other predators--but then we're not supposed to do our part as the top predator?

most definitely a mess. we haven't been good stewards. and like every other subject-there is no agreement on how to be good stewards.

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

Somer, would you rather kill an animal for food QUICKLY (which is what a REAL hunter does) or would you rather that animal die a slow death by starvation? I choose the former. By the way, wolf packs are dwindling as well due to humans. All of our development over their territory is slowly killing them off. They have nowhere to go... and guess what that means? Death for them too. To me, it's sad what this world is coming to.

I have no problem with taking the life of an animal for food...if necessary! But again, same point...I can't justify killing by saying that if I don't someone or something else will!