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patsimp

(915 posts) Sun Aug 21, 2016, 10:04 AM Aug 2016

Hunting - horrifying to see 12 year old girls and grown men slaughtering animals and feeling [View all]

powerful.

These are sociopaths and more. Disgusting that some will celebrate a smiling 12 year old posing beside the beautiful Giraffe she killed or the moron who killed a bear with a spear.

Disgusting cowards.

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Hunting - horrifying to see 12 year old girls and grown men slaughtering animals and feeling [View all] patsimp Aug 2016 OP

Thanks for sharing. EL34x4 Aug 2016 #1

I'm more horrified by eating factory farmed animals that are tortured their entire lives mucifer Aug 2016 #2

+1 jonno99 Aug 2016 #3

Hunters go into the habitant of their prey and murder animals who may be raising their children patsimp Aug 2016 #6

My old boss was a trophy hunter citood Aug 2016 #7

Then it really is much less cruel than what goes on here. mucifer Aug 2016 #8

so elephants, Giraffes, leopards, rhinos, tigers, lions are being killed by the locals for their patsimp Aug 2016 #9

He never killed anything that big citood Aug 2016 #11

One BIG difference, Deer are not an endangered species MiniMe Aug 2016 #14

deer are alive. how someone can look at a beautiful deer and then pull a trigger to kill it is patsimp Aug 2016 #19

I don't hunt MiniMe Aug 2016 #22

I understand the feeling, but the population explodes sometimes. Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #32

Are you vegan? nt awoke_in_2003 Aug 2016 #34

Yes and I agree completely with #19. nt Doremus Aug 2016 #47

I can respect that opinion from a vegan awoke_in_2003 Aug 2016 #48

Once upon a time I was an omni who shared #19's opinion. Doremus Aug 2016 #50

My late husband was a bow hunter Mojorabbit Aug 2016 #52

I've raised baby chicks, piglets and calves from birth to slaughter. They were alive at one point NickB79 Aug 2016 #63

Sometimes they are killed for crop/livestock destruction. Can you believe that? Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #27

While yet other times animals are killed merely for the entertainment killing brings. LanternWaste Aug 2016 #41

There are mixed reasons for hunting, adventure and "fun" among them. They are NOT disqualifiers. Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #46

No doubt some have little interest in he meat, but there is little evidence of waste... Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #54

Eleanor Roosevelt saidsimplesimon Aug 2016 #51

I can't give you a source as to whether she hunted or not... Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #53

Protein is a scare resource in Africa, MicaelS Aug 2016 #29

And farmers plow under the habitat and confine animals for slaughter NickB79 Aug 2016 #13

I hear what you're saying but land development does far more damage to habitat than farming in our Doremus Aug 2016 #49

I would disagree with that statement, in my experience. NickB79 Aug 2016 #66

I'd love them to plow under all the development here in the last 20 years Doremus Aug 2016 #69

I absolutely agree! davekriss Aug 2016 #15

Respectfully, I take issue... Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #28

Thank you for your point of view davekriss Aug 2016 #31

I appreciate your views as well, and tend to agree with you about livestock costs... Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #56

There are extremes in any group. LWolf Aug 2016 #4

. MohRokTah Aug 2016 #5

What gave it away...the "raising their children" part....LOL ileus Aug 2016 #24

Admit I am dense sometimes. MicaelS Aug 2016 #25

Trophy hunting is gross jcgoldie Aug 2016 #10

I have a small farm and for decades didn't allow hunting here csziggy Aug 2016 #21

Maybe you should reconsider what trophy hunting is to most people... Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #30

A big rack isn't necessarily from an old deer Red Mountain Aug 2016 #58

I agree. Antler restrictions are rather sloppy, but it beats "any buck" hunting. Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #61

Let's make a differentiation between hunting and trophy hunting. NT Adrahil Aug 2016 #12

There IS a difference. Avalux Aug 2016 #17

hear, hear. Adrahil Aug 2016 #20

If you kill a bear with a spear, frankieallen Aug 2016 #16

go at it with bare hands if he's not a coward. patsimp Aug 2016 #18

Trying to take down a bear with bare hands is not a display of lack of cowardice... beevul Aug 2016 #35

and killing one is not sport - its disgusting patsimp Aug 2016 #36

Thats your opinion. beevul Aug 2016 #42

no that your opinion. patsimp Aug 2016 #43

I never looked at it as a sport. Go Vols Aug 2016 #60

My 11yo son just laid out a pound of ground venison. ileus Aug 2016 #23

K&R How about Trump defending hunting and killing endangered species? Jeffersons Ghost Aug 2016 #26

disgusting cowards patsimp Aug 2016 #44

our ancestors sweetapogee Aug 2016 #33

I think trophy hunting is silly hollowdweller Aug 2016 #37

Unless you're a vegan you don't get to complain. Codeine Aug 2016 #38

Different experiences for different people. Such is life (and death) and how one relates to it all. jmg257 Aug 2016 #39

What's the "more"? Marengo Aug 2016 #40

Are you aware that hunting licenses and equipment help pay for conservation? alarimer Aug 2016 #45

murdering animals is not jusfiable. And i haven't seen proof of this just hunters patsimp Aug 2016 #57

They don't have to justify it to you MicaelS Aug 2016 #59

Trying to justify it is silly...just say they like hunting jmg257 Aug 2016 #62

Without the money hunters pay for land conservation, who do you think would conserve land? NickB79 Aug 2016 #64

They'd be funded by smug self-righteousness, obviously. Orrex Aug 2016 #68

Harambe AngryAmish Aug 2016 #55

I love that we have vegans GulfCoast66 Aug 2016 #65

I can't even look. I assume you mean "big game hunting" of endangered species Quantess Aug 2016 #67

You are in error: Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #70

I see nothing wrong with hunting for food bigwillq Aug 2016 #71

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