Where are the animal lovers? (New York, Brookhaven: vs, shops, move)

[I_Love_LI_but]

Originally Posted by lubby

Has anyone told you that you are a dirty old man???

That just gave me a thought!

What if we put the deer on birth control (drop food with bc in it?) to keep them from overpopulating instead of shooting them?

ME, I couldn't shoot Bambi even if I knew she was gonna starve or get run over.

[Gpsma]

You'd eat if you were starving....you just never starved in your life.

Besides...Bambi wants to die for you.

[IlonaG]

Originally Posted by rainroosty

....because we love the wildlife and love seeing the wildlife and realize the role that the wildlife plays in life on earth and it's not your right to go out killing it for fun....it's not yours. The life of the animals is not yours to dispose of as you wish just for your entertainment. That's why.

I wish everyone shared your view (as I do). But sadly Hunting will never be outlawed...it's simply a fact of life that man feels they are superior and therefore have dominion over an animal. Doesn't matter that these animals were here before nor does it seem to matter that we have stolen their habitat giving them less and less areas to roam free. I have never bought into the overpopulation argument and never will. We are overpopulated beyond belief and yet we don't get our herds thinned out.

[IlonaG]

Originally Posted by s13

I'm not too big on hunting myself, but in the case of useless-ass deer I can live with it. You won't be so glad you rallied against deer hunting when one of these 200lb sacks of stupidity trots out and obliterates your car.

Maybe if drivers drove more carefully you could see the Deer and stop in time!!

[rainroosty]

Originally Posted by scottzilla

dig up the article on the deer herd and BNL. They used FLIR to track the heard, stating that no previous study had been done before.
your link didn't work for me, btw.

What the hell are these stupid abbreviations?

[rainroosty]

Originally Posted by Autoracer9

And may i ask were are you when the town bulldozes woods to put up
condos your statement is fair but hunting won"t do anymore damage then what humans have already caused with greed.

Oh....I see....two wrongs make a right.....oh, go ahead then!

[Gpsma]

Originally Posted by IlonaG

Maybe if drivers drove more carefully you could see the Deer and stop in time!!

As said from someone who lives in Queens...lots of deer on Northern Blvd.

[IlonaG]

Originally Posted by J5K5LY

I just find it very sad that deer that are fenced in are going to cornered and killed in cold blood. There are few areas on LI where they can live in peace. I lived in Pa for 11 years and back here for 3 now and I never hit a deer. I am careful and aware. Perhaps some drivers on LI should learn the same. People fly all over here with no regard for wildlife or even other drivers. The streets are full of road kill that may have lingered in pain and horror for hours.
I just thought there would be more out cry from the animal lovers on LI about this hunt.
I sure could get into a fierce debate about hunting in general and the DEC but that is not just a local topic and this thread would most likely be closed.
I live pretty close to the Grumman property and this is just plain sad.

I wish I could Rep you a thousand times
That type of hunt is a 'Canned Hunt' and is the cruelest thing.
I also totally agree with you. We drive upstate and to PA numerous times and have yet to ever run into a deer. WHY? Because we drive carefully.
Where I work there have always been tons of Geese. I can't tell you how much I dread Spring time because it's like a massacre. Dead geese everywhere. UNECESSARY. These aren't highways - there is no need to drive so fast as to run down innocent animals. I've seen drivers deliberately aim for them. Same thing with squirrels.
People like us who care about sentient beings have not been able to stop the NJ Bear Hunts, why would anyone care about Deer being murdered in their own backyard here on LI?

[Gpsma]

Originally Posted by IlonaG

I wish everyone shared your view (as I do). But sadly Hunting will never be outlawed...it's simply a fact of life that man feels they are superior and therefore have dominion over an animal. Doesn't matter that these animals were here before nor does it seem to matter that we have stolen their habitat giving them less and less areas to roam free. I have never bought into the overpopulation argument and never will. We are overpopulated beyond belief and yet we don't get our herds thinned out.

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and it is written...

"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, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."

[IlonaG]

Originally Posted by Gpsma

As said from someone who lives in Queens...lots of deer on Northern Blvd.

I am actually on the border of Nassau County (literally across the street)and I work on the Nassau/Suffolk border. I don't live near Northern Blvd. so I have no idea what you think you know
In fact there is now some move to re-zone my area to be Nassau County.
Plus hubby is born and raised on LI. We do ALL of our shopping, movies, outdoor activities etc. on LI.
Besides I didn't realize that I was not allowed to know anything about LI because I don't yet physically live there.