[Dengar01]

You’re hysterical

Yes I am. As a new pet owner this year I have had an attitude adjustment. A year ago I could give a damn but having an animal changes you.

As far as hunters go. Hunt all you want. As long as it is legal. Hunt deer, pheasant, duck, geese, rabbit what have you. These animals aren't near the point of oblviion.

But when you have a species on the brink of extinction I think that common sense would say, "Leave it the hell alone!"

[Balding_Eagle]

They aren’t on the brink of extinction.

In fact, they may be on the brink of overpopulation.

[Charles Martel]

As far as hunters go. Hunt all you want. As long as it is legal. Hunt deer, pheasant, duck, geese, rabbit what have you. These animals aren't near the point of oblivion.

Be aware that Paul Watson (of Sea Shepherd) opposes *all* hunting and fishing, despite the fact that hunters and fisherman contribute more money to conservation efforts (through license fees) than all of his rich, foolish donors.

Further, Patrick Moore (co-founder of Greenpeace) has incurred the wrath of his former organization because he now states, for the record and quite convincingly, that most of what the public hears about "endangered species" is deliberate, fear-mongering nonsense. This is a guy who once got up close and personal with the *Soviet* whaling fleet, and he's saying that this "hunted to the brink of extinction" stuff is bogus.

[PzLdr]

You have a pet whale?

[WVKayaker]

Yes I am. As a new pet owner this year I have had an attitude adjustment. A year ago I could give a damn but having an animal changes you. ...

If you're a child, that could be so, but as an adult, you should understand more fully. Pets are not people. Pets are not a replacement for people. Pets do not have people, people have pets. You probably have a cat.

I love my dog, Spot. He is one of many dogs I have had in the past. He is my constant companion, and best buddy. He's my dog. That said, if I were starving, Spot wold be t'boned! I would probably shed some tears, but God gave him to me for my benefit.

I watch a lot of cooking shows, and Gordon Ramsey is one of my faves. On one of his series, he has raised turkeys and pigs, at different times. He has children and they all interact with the animals. They name them, groom them, and feed them. Then the parents with their 3 kids all eat them and thank God for their tasty food.

Man is more important than spotted owls, snail darters, and whales... and to put any animal in a position superior is the usual result of a poor understanding of life, in a created world. Believe God, not me....

Genesis 1: 20 And God said, "Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky." 21 So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth." 23 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.

24 And God said, "Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind." And it was so. 25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, [b] and over all the creatures that move along the ground."

27 So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.

28 God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground."