When I first joined the animal welfare movement, I was and still am an animal
rights activist, vegan by ethics and choice. I was treated by some as if I
were a terrorist, barely tolerated by them, feared by others, ignored by still
others. Finally, one of the fearful people asked me what vegetarians eat. I
ask back what did she think they ate and she said, "Cabbage, carrots, lettuce,
you know, vegetables." I told her that she had probably mistaken us for
rabbits. Then I explained the bean protocol, the tofu and soy protocol to
her. She wrinkled her nose and said that this can't be healthy. I wrinkled my
nose right back at her and said that eating a dead animal isn't healthy
either. Some years later, I met her again. She asked after my cats, found
that I had as many as I originally had, then asked me if I were still a vegan.
I told her I was and she said the she wasn't yet a vegan but she was a
vegetarian because of all the horrid
things she had heard about how meat was raised and processed. I think that if
you are polite and courteous and patient with people and your belief is
rational, logical and legitimate, you can eventually educate most people to see
your way of thinking as acceptable and even worth trying especially if that
belief gets enough press coverage and publicity.
Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty neighbors
too!
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From: Marcia <marciabmar...@gmail.com>
To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2012 10:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bow hunting
There are several of us on this list who do not eat meat and believe that
animals have the right to a life apart from what humans think they're here for,
i.e. simply to feed humans or be used as a sporting event.
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 2, 2012, at 1:44 PM, Joslin Potter <joslinir...@yahoo.com> wrote:
I agree with you, but what would happen if we didn't have a hunting season, do
you think they would not still reproduce like they do now? To each their own,
again, I'm just thankful for the life of a deer, and the people who do purchase
linceses as this money is put back into the wild life. The funding from
licenses and tags is used to insure a healthy population of wildlife in the
states, including the DNR to enforce the rules... I take it you don't eat meat
Natalie?
>
>
>From: Natalie <at...@optonline.net>
>To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
>Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2012 11:52 AM
>Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bow hunting
>
>
>It may provide your family with meat, BUT, technically, hunting doesn’t really
>lower deer populations except in the immediate aftermath of a cull. Next
>year, there will be the same number of deer, if not more, because hunting
>encourages and spurs reproduction through compensatory rebound and because
>states manage deer for MSY (maximum sustained yield). I’m sure that you will
>notice that the population doesn’t really go down in the long run. I have
>made it my business to learn as much as I can about deer biology/reproduction.
> Natalie
>
>From:Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Joslin
>Potter
>Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 9:48 AM
>To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
>Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bow hunting
>
>I'm thankful for deer season, it provides my family with meat, as well as
>keeping population under control. -Joslin
>
>From:Natalie <at...@optonline.net>
>To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
>Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2012 9:16 AM
>Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bow hunting
>
>I monitor all the hunting accidents, it happens a lot, but unfortunately,
>innocent bystanders
get hurt or killed, too - not to mention all the
>domestic animals, even farm animals.
>An Indiana hunter was killed on a youth day hunt, and two men with a 10-yr
>old kid with them, blamed it on him. Turned out, it wasn't.....
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of
>Lorrie
>Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 7:01 AM
>To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
>Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Bow hunting
>
>I hate bow hunting or any hunting whatsoever. I'd really love to see a
>hunter with a bow stuck in him, and I'm quite delighted when I hear that a
>hunter has shot his hunting buddy by
mistake.
>
>
>Lorrie
>
>On 10-01, dlg...@windstream.net wrote: Bow hunting has started in my area
>> and I keep my cats close to home. Only Harley goes down the road, so
>> HE stays inside. I keep hearing "they are only animals" as the excuse.
>> Well, since we are suspossed to be descended from monkeys, we are
>> animals so why can't I shoot them. They are only animals arn't they?
>>
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