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To: dsc

“Animals do not—can not—have rights.”

I was hoping someone would grab onto that. No one seemed to complain about my saying the deer carcass was his property, though.

But, semantics aside. Even people who think I shouldn’t kill a deer will agree that killing a deer is “an appropriate lifestyle choice” for this bear. And, even though he does not technically have rights personally, he is protected by law and you can only shoot him with an appropriate tag, if he’s attacking livestock, or in self defense.


66 posted on 10/15/2015 10:21:29 AM PDT by thorvaldr
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To: thorvaldr

“No one seemed to complain about my saying the deer carcass was his property, though.”

If animals have no rights, then they have no property rights. Doesn’t really need to be spelled out, does it?

“And, even though he does not technically have rights personally, he is protected by law and you can only shoot him with an appropriate tag, if he’s attacking livestock, or in self defense.”

You can only shoot him legally under those circumstances.

Morally, you can shoot him any time you judge him a present or future threat, or if you want the meat and hide, or pretty much any time there’s no good reason not to.


93 posted on 10/15/2015 12:59:04 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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