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At least it wasn't people, and he didn't use a semi-automatic rifle or any other gun.
I have to wonder, though, how would the animal rights activists feel if he had got hold of some DDT and wiped out a million mosquitoes or cockroaches?
How about rabbits? (Remember, they carry disease)
Where should one draw the line; THIS is acceptable, THAT isn't!
Why should there even BE a "line"?
Come to think of it, the line is often blurred! I have seen people in vehicles deliberately swerve to hit raccoons and cats (but seldom, if ever, dogs). They justify this behavior by saying "They kill birds!". Yes, that's true, but they also kill disease carrying mice, voles, rats, etc.
Where is YOUR line?
I'm not an animal activist in any shape or form. I cannot wait to visit my friend in Texas and go shoot wild hogs with him.
I would not participate in running a truck over them though, that's asinine to even compare your scenario to what really happened.
At least it wasn't people, and he didn't use a semi-automatic rifle or any other gun.
I have to wonder, though, how would the animal rights activists feel if he had got hold of some DDT and wiped out a million mosquitoes or cockroaches?
How about rabbits? (Remember, they carry disease)
Where is YOUR line?
Roaches and mosquitos carry disease so kill all you want. Everything else no unless it's to defend your life.
If anything, his council or state's government might give him a bounty, the sensationalist Amerikan mass media get something to spoon-feed the complacent bunny-hugging masses (and sell a few cell phones and cans of Coke in the process), the Amerikan complacent bunny-hugging masses get to barf their ignorant "lock-em-up-for-life-ask-questions-later" emotional vitriol all over the Internet (and buy a few cell phones and cans of Coke in the process), everybody goes home happy.
I don't know why you think "bunny hugging" is unique to America. Australia's animal cruelty laws are much harsher than ours, and they are mad at this guy. Go read the comments under some of the stories from Australians. They hug their bunnies, too, despite your obvious attempt to shame us as "Amerikan" slowflakes. People like you who think cruelty is okay are in the minority both here and over there.
"We take incidents such as these very seriously and anyone who engages in activities such as these will face the full brunt of the law," Chief Inspector Peter Volf said in a statement"
The maximum penalty for an individual convicted of cruelty to animalsis $266,900 or 3 years imprisonment under the Animal Care and Protection Act 2001. There are also offences for severeanimal cruelty under the Criminal Code Act 1899 which have a maximum penalty of 7 years imprisonment.
Sounds like they are going to charge him with the "severe" code.
This was a suburban neighborhood. People woke up to dead kangaroos all over their lawns. They have sanctioned kangaroo culling, done with a license and humanely, with a shotgun. Deer are allowed to be shot here too, but you're not allowed to just run the herd down with a truck.
All the American media stories I've seen are wire stories taken directly from Australian news sources. But don't let facts change your bias.
Well, okay, there's that. Though I'm not sure what your bolding multiple instances of "penalty", "cruelty" and "animal" was meant to prove, other than perhaps to make someone who likes bolding their words feel better.
Bunny hugging is most prevalent in Amerika because of the pervasiveness of the Amerikan sensationalist commercial ma$$ media using fear and anger to sell commodity product. To deny it is to deny reality.
I've made my point, now I'm done with this thread.
I copied and pasted it, it was already bolded like that. I actually just changed it before I read your post.
You are ignoring facts. The American stories are wire stories from Australia. The Australian news media made a much bigger deal about this than the American media has. But like I said, don't let facts cloud your bias.
If anything, his council or state's government might give him a bounty, the sensationalist Amerikan mass media get something to spoon-feed the complacent bunny-hugging, social justice warrior masses (and sell a few cell phones and cans of Coke in the process), the Amerikan complacent bunny-hugging, social justice warrior masses get to barf their ignorant "lock-em-up-for-life-ask-questions-later" emotional vitriol all over the Internet (and buy a few cell phones and cans of Coke in the process), everybody goes home happy.
How wrong can you be? Well let's see, you maybe won an award:
1.) News was reported by AFP - Agence France-Presse an international news agency headquartered in Paris, France
2.) Quote from article from citizens in New South Wales: ""It was a very unpleasant sight, Police see an awful lot of things, but you could see that they were shocked as well." and from WIRES - an australian wildlife rescue group ""horrified" by the "apparent act of cruelty". Australian police are obviously pressing charges.
Yups - you won the award of most ill-informed post of the day.
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Originally Posted by Ttark
I've made my point, now I'm done with this thread.
Probably a good idea to save further embarrassment.
if it was rats would you feel differently?
if it was pigeons would you feel differently?
i am not defending or justifying the action, it is not right.
however i remember meeting someone from there and they said kangaroos are like rats there, considered pests and rodents
Do you realize you are using a line from a Nazi in Inglorious Bastards as he justified the extermination of the Jews? I believe he used rats vs squirrels or something like that.
Roaches and mosquitos carry disease so kill all you want. Everything else no unless it's to defend your life.
No to killing mosquitoes en masse. they feed birds & bats, & I do not like to upset the eco system. However if they come inside my home, they are history, but that is only one or two.
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