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Naut, I am not concerned with her hunting views nearly as much as
what she does with the power she has. There is not a chance in the world I will vote to give her more.
posted by
Ciel
on September 9, 2008 at 8:46 PM
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Ciel
1) I am totally opposed to aerial hunting of anything, period. 2) I am very fond of wolves, I have actually met some, really, at the private zoo of a friend of mine! (One might well argue that they shouldn't be in a zoo at all, and I would agree. But they were, and I actually made friends with a couple of them...) 3) I would not base my decision of voting for or against the McCain/Palin ticket on Sarah's views on hunting...
posted by
Nautikos
on September 9, 2008 at 8:41 PM
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Re: To Market, To Market
I am not opposed to hunting to eat, but the aerial hunting of wolves is about bounties. They take the left foreleg to collect whatever bounty the state is offering. I don't know about the bears. I imagine they collect the furs, too. But I doubt they are eating wolf meat.
When I hear coyotes in the area yipping and frolicking, I keep the cats and dog in the house. It is not a perfect solution--depending as it does on my awareness.
Living on the edge of wilderness, there is the danger we will confront predators. But it is their wilderness, and as we reduce it to make it our civilization, the predators turn up in our back yards, too. Out here there are bears, coyotes and the occasional cougar. Eagles too have been known to take small dogs.
To protect domestic herds, I suppose we could rely on higher, more determined fences, to keep the wolves relying on and doing their ecological job with wild herds. I think the world can't belong solely to the wolves or to the ranchers: it has to be adapted to both.
posted by
Ciel
on September 7, 2008 at 8:36 AM
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To Market, To Market
Wolves and coyotes have been introduced to our part of country here in the east. They run down our cattle and kill their young and our cats and dogs. and the deer that live in my back yard. Unless you are a vegetarian, our meat is run through stockyards but when I was little we were self sufficient and killed our own chickens, hogs, and cows and put it up for the winter so we could eat. We canned our own vegetables so we had a big garden every year. Cured our on hams in a smoke house. If we hadn't prepared for the winter, we would have gone hungry. Alaska seems like an organic state. They are self sufficient and kill their own food to feed their families the freshest food and without antibiotics and hormones. If we here in the lower 48 are demanding the same with our food, free range, grass fed,etc. , then what's the difference? When they arieal kill the bears, I bet they use every scrap for food and skin for clothes. There is a difference between sport hunting and hunting for self preservation.
posted by
skye08
on September 7, 2008 at 3:15 AM
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I swear, my race is a complete gaggle of freaks
I can't believe 99.9% of any of it!!
posted by
mysteria
on September 6, 2008 at 12:01 PM
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I agree completely TAPS!
The thing is, we are not used to be active members of the food chain, where we are not the apex predator. We are, in fact, the only creature--besides our pets and domesticated animals to a degree, that don't actually live in Jurassic Park!
When we step out of our protected boundaries, we step into that food chain as just another fairly easy-to-catch item in the buffet.
posted by
Ciel
on September 6, 2008 at 11:06 AM
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Aerial hunting/shooting of animals freaks me out. The only way I could condone such a thing would be if an animal was stalking and attacking a human on the ground and it was the only way to rescue them.
posted by
TAPS.
on September 6, 2008 at 10:35 AM
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