[Restorer]

Semicarnivorous?

I seriously doubt there is any animal more carnivorous than a mink.

People are semicarnivorous.

[Sunshine Sister]

I wonder, with all the other stuff that the FBI is involved with, if the criminals will ever be caught?

[Gringo1]

"Animal activists argue that while the farm animals' deaths are unfortunate, it proves minks raised in captivity can survive in the wild. "


ummm, if they are eating farm animals, they are not surviving "in the wild" you idiots.

[Moose4]

"The amount of suffering that has been prevented by releasing them from cramped cages and freeing them from an extremely cruel death more than justifies a temporary disruption to the ecosystem," said veterinarian Andrew Knight, director of research at the Seattle-based Northwest Animal Rights Network.

Some animals are more equal than others, Comrade Knight?

}:-)4

[Budge]

Animal activists argue that while the farm animals' deaths are unfortunate, it proves minks raised in captivity can survive in the wild.

Of course it "proves mink raised in captivity can survive in the wild" you imbecile.

The animals they caught were penned up prey!

[Servant of the Nine]

The Animal Liberation Front, considered a domestic terrorist group by the FBI, has claimed responsibility.

Good. Under the Patriot Act that makes membership punishable by Life without parole.

So9

[dc27]

"justifies a temporary disruption to the ecosystem"

These idiots logic always amazes me. I thought every animal is sacred?

[Myrddin]

The animal activists should be locked in a barn with hundreds of starving mink. The consequences would be fully justified.

[Texan5]

Killing tame farm animals is not "surviving in the wild", and mink are vicious little rodents. I hope these jagoffs get apprehended, fined, then SUED by these farmers for the damage they have caused.

[elbucko]

Weaver argues that the group that released the animals didn't think of the repercussions.

Another prime example of "Unintended Consequences" and a lesson on the value of open and public debate. Terrorists, at any level, operate in their own vacuum of ignorance. More suffering is the result, not less.

[djf]

This is a local story. Seems the little buggers are worth 50 bux a piece. Damn! I wonder, do you have to grow them in refrigerated type quarters to make their fur grow better? Seatte's not overly cold.

[Budge]

"The amount of suffering that has been prevented by releasing them from cramped cages and freeing them from an extremely cruel death more than justifies a temporary disruption to the ecosystem," said veterinarian Andrew Knight, director of research at the Seattle-based Northwest Animal Rights Network.

What about the "suffering" of these blood-thirsty pets, jackass?

Oh, let me guess --- because the prey were pets, they felt no pain, right?

Anyone want to wager that this veterinarian is not a democRAT?

[thegreatbeast]

"Animal activists argue that while the farm animals' deaths are unfortunate, it proves minks raised in captivity can survive in the wild."
Arseholes!

[StriperSniper]

The commission is offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrests and convictions of those responsible.

How much do you get for dropping their bloody corpses on the doorstep? ;-)

[LisaAnne]

Animal activists argue that while the farm animals' deaths are unfortunate, it proves minks raised in captivity can survive in the wild.

Since when is eating domesticated animals/pets surviving in the wild? Sometimes I wonder if these people majored in "I Want To Be Stupid When I Grow Up", in school or if they are just naturally gifted.

[cavtrooper21]

.22 rimfire makes a small hole.
Get the wife a mink stole.
Pop goes the mink
Kinda catchy, don't you think???

[RogueIsland]

Maybe the mink can fight it out with the nutria in Louisiana and the two problems will solve each other nicely.

[Eva]

It sounds like a good time for a legalized mink hunt, just make sure to use a small caliber so that it wont ruing the pelt too badly.

[Who dat?]

Weaver, who breeds Indian Runner ducks and Banny chickens…

Heh. I guess it’s a regional thing… we had “banny” chickens. At least that’s the way we pronounced it. Meanwhile, they were Bantam chickens in real life. But maybe there is such a thing as a Banny chicken.

It’s sort of like how we used to call a Brahman bull a “bramer” (sounds like bray-mer) bull. I was probably 16 years old and was at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and saw a leaflet that had a picture of a Brahman bull. I thought “they’re high – that’s a bramer.” But later I realized that our family was probably single-handedly destroying the English language. Ha.

[RightWhale]

Animal activists argue that while the farm animals' deaths are unfortunate, it proves minks raised in captivity can survive in the wild.

This also proves that animal activists are primitive moral Utilitarians: their actions are rationally deficient and fallacious, thus they are acting immorally and have not yet begun to live like human beings.