Stop the enslavement of possums! Just kill them!
It is OK to kill possums, just not to exhibit them alive.
"Citizens are prohibited from capturing and using wild animals for pets or amusement," Judge Fred Morrison wrote in his ruling. "Hunters must afford wild animals the same right Patrick Henry yearned for: 'Give me liberty, or give me death!"
We live in a strange society. What more can be said?
"Citizens are prohibited from capturing and using wild animals for pets or amusement," Judge Fred Morrison wrote in his ruling. "Hunters must afford wild animals the same right Patrick Henry yearned for: 'Give me liberty, or give me death!"
We live in a strange society. What more can be said?
All animals were wild at one time. That's what the word domesticate means. To make tame that which is feral.
Animals have the same rights as humans? That's where I draw my line.
Our society is strange because we allowed it.
A song says it best, "Teach your children well".
How do you feel about zoos? Educational forums for humans or torture chambers for animals?
As for zoos they are not only educational but many times help protect species that are in danger and help preserve them so knowledge of them can be more easily garnered.
I am an avid outdoorsman and I have explored many of the wild places of North America. I have seen herds of caribou, wolf packs, foxes, bears, beavers, moose, countless waterfowl and upland game in their native habitat, but there's something about caged animals that depresses me. They just don't look happy. I know that I am anthropomorphizing here, but they certainly don't look like they do in the wild.
I have never been to South America, Antarctica, Africa or Asia, but with today's extraordinary documentary films and the HD resolution of modern flat screens, I have been able to observe flora and fauna as if I had been to all the continents. I have also viewed documentaries on caribou, moose and deer which, though I have personally observed them in the wild many times, showed me more than I ever saw on my own and I had the narrations of a naturalist to broaden my understanding of what I was seeing.
I guess I have come to question the need for zoos. I think game preserves are a great idea for research and preserving species for study, but zoos... that's another matter. I think zoos have become an anachronism and there are better ways to learn about these creatures than by caging them. Anyway, just some thoughts.