Posted on 01/25/2009 5:28:39 PM PST by Daffynition
Excellent point. Fight the good fight. Do not be cowed by all the usual propaganda.
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Read the story again. The cat had no owner and no name until after he went to the vet.
Something about the way this story is presented as animal abuse does not sound right to me.
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There are alot of ignorant hypocrits in here....if this kid were to shoot these cat-hating peoples dogs they’d be talking out of other sides of their mouthes. They are also very ignorant about ‘feral and stray’ cats. I just wish they were in the DU threads instead of in here where they should be. I like to think of Conservatives as understanding and intelligent....but I’m getting increasingly disappointed.
Sadly, it is not a joke in these times. He should have used more arrow. I am very curious about the distance,bow, and other details.
It was an excellent shot. The cat should have piled up.
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The owner probably up and moved and just left the cat to fend for itself... like alot of irresponsible, heartless, cruel people do. I think we should put an arrow in their heads.
My dad would have taken that bow and broken it over my ass had I been that kid. Not so much for going after that feral cat but rather for not using the proper weapon to insure a quick and humane kill.
There’s a humane alternative to S3 for stray cats. It’s called S2 and it’s very similar. The cats aren’t hurt, but they don’t come back.
Two things. There is no evidence from the story the kid did anything but take a good shot at a cull animal. To stretch from there and say he would shoot anything any time is a real fantasy.
As for feral and stray, I have had experience with both.
We picked up a very young stray, (not feral because she was obviously used to humans and completely unafraid to approach us) and brought it home. The old cat immediately got sick and almost died. ($1000.00 vet bill, five days in kitty intensive care)
As it happened everyone lived happily ever after,( the old cat died at the ripe age of 23) but ever since we have been very careful to take all cats of unknown provenance to the vet FIRST before we allow any contact with the rest of the "pack"
Misplaced compassion is a very dangerous and destructive emotion.
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Ignorance is a very dangerous and destructive thing.
See post 11. It apparently applies to you as well.
Yeah I know,just idle speculation on my Behalf..
He made a good shot, he immediately informed his father when things went awry and he has publicly taken responsibility for his actions.
It would be nice if some of the hooded PETA protestors or Earth First types twice his age would display half the good sense this kid has displayed.
BTW, stray cats BECOME feral depending on the harshness of the environment they encounter and the ordeals through which they suffer. Many cross a line never to return.
You might be surprised at the number of peace loving hippie types who will defend song birds against all enemies domestic or feral by any means necessary.
This kid at least had the grace to defend endangered game birds.
I anxiously await the outcome of this little fandango and wish him well.
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Except that he shot a domesticated animal, and on top of that, left the animal alive in extreme pain.
He made a good shot, he immediately informed his father when things went awry and he has publicly taken responsibility for his actions.
He made a bad shot wounding the animal and leaving it alive, and only came forward after it became public.
This kid at least had the grace to defend endangered game birds.
Except that quail aren't endangered.
I agree. But the cat was a stray. No one owned it.
They don’t know that for sure....more times than not, strays are lost cats that belong to someone....and both are looking for eachother.
In this case the animal essentially disappeared.
He was not caught for several days after he found a hiding place.
As for Quail,in my part of the world, misguided fire suppression courtesy of Smoky The Bear, new age farming practices and the conversion of rural areas to suburbs has forced Quail into marginal habitat.
Whether they are consequently endangered as defined by the Envirowackos is anyone's guess.
Many hunters would like to see a return to the flushing coveys of yesteryear.
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I am past the point where I mindlessly rush to condemn someone based on incitement from a news account.
As you, I see many details here "between the lines" that lead me to conclude there is more to this story than the general consensus would have us believe.
The kid needs support, not condemnation, and as the good compassionate Conservative Libertarian I am, I freely offer it in the belief the world will be a better place.
He is innocent until proven guilty and as stated elsewhere if he has somehow incurred a debt to society, let him pay the fine and move on.
They say all good stories are hunting stories and this kid has stumbled on a doozy at a very tender age.
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