tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27391058.post6486350628206560065..comments2024-03-25T22:40:56.449-07:00Comments on On Loving Animals...: New Jersey 2011 Black Bear Massacre.Ted Teodorohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14273585582573372315noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27391058.post-34145075513349390102015-07-28T22:06:50.941-07:002015-07-28T22:06:50.941-07:00I have such mixed emotions about this. I wrote in...I have such mixed emotions about this. I wrote in a previous post about being concerned for my children safety, because I will be the first to admit, I know nothing about bears. Reading this post however turns my stomach. At what point do you feel that you have the right to take a life for any reason other than an immediate threat to your own. Black bears in the general vicinity I wouldn't think constitutes as an immediate threat. People go camping all the time, and all without killing bears. I feel that killing an animal should fall under the same standards as killing a human, illegal unless protecting yourself from an IMMEDIATE life threat. We don't live in a time were we have to hunt for food, or for clothing. A living creature of any kind should never be treated as a trophy.<br /><br />Kelly E.Kelly E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01927121668147927999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27391058.post-58910298780844792552012-07-30T21:33:30.415-07:002012-07-30T21:33:30.415-07:00Hopefully everyone here is a vegetarian...because ...Hopefully everyone here is a vegetarian...because I've seen far worse conditions for animals on cafos (concentrated animal feeding operations, aka factory farms). Hunters are evil? Is it better to eat an animal who lived its life in complete freedom or an animal confined to pure torture on a factory farm? Just a thought from someone who has encountered many black bears in the wild (including one aggressive bear).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27391058.post-16999948247766458442012-04-18T18:08:29.191-07:002012-04-18T18:08:29.191-07:00I'm writing an argument essay against the bear...I'm writing an argument essay against the bear hunt for a school essay. And my roaming the internet about this stuff brought me here.<br /><br />I can't believe that this is going on. Honestly, do people even have souls? How can you feel all right shooting an animal? Not to mention innocent animals.. There are nuisance bears that get into garbage and bears that attack humans (in very rare cases, mostly when they sense danger). But the hunters are going around shooting any bears that they can find, not even proven guilty bears for god sake, which makes this so much worse. If I could make the decision, I'd make hunting (especially for "population" reasons) illegal. For food, it's another thing. It's the cycle of life, I understand that. We need food, so something has to give. But this hunt has no excuse for what they are doing. They are completely wrong. <br /><br />Bears and humans can live in harmony. The other day, I was riding my car down my street, saw someone walking, and saw a bear in the dumpster about 20 feet away from the walker. All she did was yell "Hey get out of there" and the bear left. Not that big of a deal. <br /><br />Anyway, hopefully somebody can put a stop to this. I appreciate the animal activist groups fighting for the cause. Way to stand up for what you believe in and fight for the safety of everything living.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27391058.post-62638985041278655902011-12-13T09:45:50.138-08:002011-12-13T09:45:50.138-08:00cowards..these hunters are just that. they should ...cowards..these hunters are just that. they should prey on criminals that roam the streets of new york because there is many..instead of hunting defenseless animals..runningtinderahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13567732974930222862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27391058.post-82044258860484231072011-12-07T06:18:35.449-08:002011-12-07T06:18:35.449-08:00Hunters don't do anything for wildlife except ...Hunters don't do anything for wildlife except kill for the thrill. And, hunters love to abuse those who fight for wildlife. Excuse me, but trying to save a life is far nicer than killing.<br /><br /> <br /><br />NJ says that Killing an Animal is Animal Cruelty. And that is exactly what hunting is.<br /><br /> <br /><br />In New Jersey, the Definition of Animal: Includes the whole brute creation.<br /><br />Statute Summary: A person commits the crime of cruelty to animals if the person: overdrives, overloads, overworks, tortures, torments, deprives of necessary sustenance, carries in a cruel manner, abandons a sick or disabled animal, cruelly beats or otherwise abuses, needlessly mutilates, or kills a living animal.<br /><br /> <br /><br />And that is what hunters do!!!!! They kill living animals and they even lure the bears with bait to an arranged killing spot.<br /><br />And hunters think they are so special. <br /><br /> <br /><br />When my grandson was only 13, he wrote: Hunters think it makes them “tough” to kill a living creature. Yes, “tough” to use a fancy rifle and hunting equipment, bait, and camouflage to kill a plain, naked, unarmed animal. Killing wildlife that can't fight back is nothing to brag about.Barbara Metzlernoreply@blogger.com