When a member of the animal or plant kingdom goes extinct, there will be no second chances. Evolution will simply not repeat itself. There are reportedly eighty bird species that are unique to the Philippines and many of them have already made it to the endangered list. And we, to a great extent, have indiscrimate hunting to thank for it. In spite of two national laws protecting Philippine animals, the carnage continues unabated. The killings could occur as arbitrarily as guys getting together for macho time, or as a result of a well-planned hunting trip involving speed boats, bird callers, and camouflaged outfits. Either way, the outcome is the same. Philippine wildlife, our natural treasures, inches closer to a state of irreparable vacancy. Not too long ago, we learned about the Bacolod Air Rifle Club (BARC) whose unbridled killing of Philippine birds and ducks became the subject of an online petition calling for immediate government intervention. My post on that most disturbing c...
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As is already obvious to you, people in positions of power and influence often sanitize the brutish reality of life. The Peacemaker was actually a missile that could kill thousands. The murder of almost 600 baited bears last December was conveniently called a hunt. Deer management is, no doubt, not a matter of controlling their birth rate or relocating them. It's killing them. We've turned into a Kill State in the hands of tunnel-visioned politicians like DiVincenzo of Essex County. It's kill the bears, kill the geese, and kill the deer.