[cherry]

"I think the responses to this thread put the lie to the notion that conservatives don’t care about the environment and animals."

and why not?....we're savers...we're not consumed by the latest fads...we plant seeds and grow gardens...we're hunters and gatherers..

the deliberate mistreatment of animals offends us....even as we are mostly meat eaters ourselves..

[proud American in Canada]

Conservatives are self-reliant. As you are. :)