Posted on 03/10/2002 2:33:45 PM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:51:52 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
There's plenty of laughter and a little sadness in the hunting community over an incident involving a deer that collided with an automobile driven by two animal rights campaigners who belong to the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. The folks who worship at the altar of animals now want to sue a New Jersey game department over the incident, claiming it's the state's fault that it happened.
(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...
Picture this: two PETA protesters are driving home...after spending the day demonstrating against hunting.
And, these two are the ones that actually "bag a deer".
But, now they intend to sue, on the grounds that the state did not control the deer population...so to protect the human population.
March 1, 2002
Your excerpt says, "Shortly before 1 o'clock in the morning...while driving a Honda Civic belonging to PETA (and while returning from a PETA campaigning tour) southbound on the New Jersey Turnpike, a deer darted out in front of the car and a collision resulted..."
What I want to know is, why was a deer driving one of PETA's Honda Civics?
I can understand that PETA might think a deer is intelligent enough to drive a Honda Civic. I can even imagine PETA providing Honda Civics to deer so that they can drive themselves to campaign appearances. (This would also enable the deer to catch frightened humans in their headlights.) But so far as I know, a deer cannot obtain a driver's license in New Jersey. Therefore, the deer must have been driving illegally.
So why wasn't the deer arrested? Are the New Jersey State Police now showing favoritism toward deer? Are they, in fact, engaging in reverse cervidian profiling?
We must get to the bottom of this!
Good health to you.
Terry Dunkle
Founder and CEO
DietPower, Inc.
Oh dear, the state is between a rock and hard place. Kill the deer, they offend the PETA wackos. Don't kill the deer, the human population isn't protected. There's just no pleasing some people.
Not exactly -- it was the automobile that ran into the deer. CLearly they were driving too fast for conditions.
Oh Deer! Wildlife Pay the Price for PETA Publicity Stunt
A bizarre anti-hunting protest by the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in Ohio reportedly has backfired badly on the very animals the group is pledged to protect. Knowing that hunters in the state are required to adorn themselves in bright, blaze orange colors in order to avoid accidental shootings, PETA activists reportedly tied hunting vests onto 405 captured deer that were released back into the wild. The object, evidently, was to disguise deer as hunters. But when word spread of the ruse, the owner of a Youngstown sportsman's store offered to hold a raffle involving any hunter who bagged a deer wearing one of the bright orange vests. It resulted in at least 308 of the animals being bagged as UpDate went to press. The rest may still be out there somewhere, trying their best to blend in and not look conspicuous.
Here's the problem PETA, Honda Civic. Stop spending money on stupid billboards and disgusting "trading cards for kids" and buy a Mercedes.
We hit a wild boar (guessing 250lbs.) at 55 mph. The only damage was a cracked plastic headlight cover. And we would have had a heck of a BBQ but couldn't quite get it into the trunk. Darn it!
While Clinton was out jogging?
I don't know about New Jersey, but I'd love to see this case turn up in front of a Tennessee judge (with forewarning of which courtroom, when, and 24 hours to draw a gallery).
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