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ACTION ALERT: Ban Hunting
- Posted to WEEAC - Worldwide Events to En… by Dawn Marie Groth
To: This Petition will be printed And Mailed to all relevant parties Internationally.
It has come to my attention that Hunters or “Sportsmen” as they like to call themselves. Are now targeting to recruit youth in any possible way they can. To ensure that their so called “heritage” continues through the generations. Here is the problem. At present, the average citizen ...
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Hunters or "Sportsmen" as they like to call themselves. Are now targeting to recruit youth in any possible way they can. To ensure that their so called "heritage" continues through the generations.
Expanding hunting on state parks, and preservation sites. Allowing youth to hunt alone, unsupervised. Recruiting from our girl, boy and cub scouts. Enticing them with medals and badges to take hunter courses.
The fact that hunters believe that killing a sentient living being. Is not only acceptable, but a fun recreational activity that the whole family can enjoy. Just boggles my mind. How can killing a living being, that has emotions, lives in family units, suffers pain, fear, happiness, sadness and grief of the loss of a family member that is killed and taken by these hunters. How can that be considered a "fun", "recreational" hobby.
Their age old excuses are never ending, but frankly no longer hold much weight.
- They contribute more financially to conservation than any other groups. (That may very well be true. The problem is they do not do it for the sake of seeing the species live. They do it for the sake of keeping the prey they hunt alive. So that they still have animals to go out and kill for "Sport".)
- They do it for food. (This is not even necessary in this day and age. We are no longer pioneers and settlers.)
- They say it "promotes a respect for life". (I beg to differ. How do tell, does Killing a sentient living being. That leaves behind grieving family members. Promoting respect for life? The act of killing is completely contradictory to respect for life. )
- We are conservationists… wildlife needs to be managed. (And here I argue. That if human beings did not go out and hunt animals. There would be no need for conservation efforts, the money put into such efforts or managing wildlife populations. For without man's interference, nature takes care of itself.)
Therefore I propose, that man no longer needs to manage wildlife. And that we Ban Hunting all together. There are so many Hobbies and recreational activities a person can take in the outdoors. That Killing another living being need not be considered a part of such activities. There is skiing, sledding, ice skating, ice hockey, hiking, canoeing, kayaking, snowboarding, camping, and I could go on and on….
That to ban hunting would not even hurt the economy for all the other activities would cover any possible loss in purchasing. Guns and bow and arrows, could still be used for target shooting or skeet shooting. No killing necessary.
To allow this to continue in our society, teaches our children, that killing a living being can be looked upon as a sport. And that in my opinion, teaches them to devalue life. We live in the 21st century and it is time now, to stop allowing hunters / sportsmen's clubs to rule what is and is not acceptable in our society.
Sincerely,
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Update #6
Posted by Dawn Marie Groth (Campaign Leader) on Mar 31I would like to share with everyone a Post I came across that totally fits how we feel about this issue! Dawn
Words from a Native American
As a Native American I want to say something, and this is my observation. My people hunt, and when we do so we do it for food only. We take no pleasure in taking life, we respect the animal. So I don't hate hunting. I hate it when Westerners hunt.
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Because every photograph I see on this page does not show respect for the animal. It shows a typical American... -
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Posted by Dawn Marie Groth (Campaign Leader) on Mar 26 -
Update #4
Posted by Dawn Marie Groth (Campaign Leader) on Mar 15attached a photo From Trophy Hunting and Fishing Page......
saying:
Trophy H
unting and Fishing shared Brute Outdoors's photo.Someone had a great night! Remember there's still time to win one of these awesome coolers. LIKE Brute Outdoors and send your best photo and caption to photos@tightlinesandbigtines.com of what you'd fill it with.
They appear to be quite proud of this "KILL" and looks to me like the one on the right is either pregnant, or just had babies.....
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Update #3
Posted by Dawn Marie Groth (Campaign Leader) on Mar 14
This is unacceptable! Please make this petition go viral!
Hunting and all the insidious aspects of it must end now!
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Via Living with Wolves
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This was Maggie. Your tax dollars and ours paid for the trap and the government trapper that killed her. Her story is all to common. She is one of (at the very least) hundreds of pets killed in this way in the past 10 years. Fox News is the latest to expose the truth behind the federal agency, "Wildlife Services." The images... -
Update #2
Posted by Dawn Marie Groth (Campaign Leader) on Mar 12Since we have reached half our goal in just 24 hours... I am going to up this....
What I really want to show here... is that WE outnumber these hunters by FAR!So let's really push this petition with everything we've got.... for this is a tough battle! And our numbers need to be large!
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Update #1
Posted by Dawn Marie Groth (Campaign Leader) on Mar 12Animal torture, abuse called a 'regular practice' within federal wildlife agenc
It was a productive day for Gary Strader when he pulled his vehicle up to a remote site in northeast Nevada and found nine coyotes caught in leg hold snares set by the federal government. As was routine, Strader, a former trapper with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, signaled his dogs to attack.
His supervisor, who had accompanied him that day, watched and laughed as the dogs circled the coyotes and ripped into...
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Hunters are psychopaths, cruel, heartless, barbaric, brutal, sickos humans that torture and murder defenceless animals for pleasure, fun, sport or trophy. Break my heart, they are teaching children's to be cruel, barbaric, brutal, heartless. Shame on them, and shame on the cruel, heartless governments that allow the sickos hunters to murder the poor animals, it is about money, Hunters licence, Stop the massacre of coyotes, wolves and their pups, stop the murder of animals.
JUST AS I THOUGHT .............NIK EPPERSON IS A HUNTER THAT MURDERS ANIMALS FOR CHEAP THRILL. LISTEN TO HIS KILLING OF A RACCOON .............. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=556695108489&set=vb.210801594&type=2&theater
Nik Epperson GUESS YOU KNOW THAT THE REPUBLICANS HAVE NO MERIT!!! RIGHT ON POINT. THEY ARE FULL OF INSULTS. SARAH PALIN IS A GREAT EXAMPLE. SHE HUNTS BECAUSE SHE IS THINKS IT'S COOL, MEANTIME SHE'S AN IDIOT. SHE WOULD CLUB THE SEALS IF NOT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF BREAKING A NAIL. IT'S JUST A FORM OF OBJECTIFICATION. SHE'S LIKE YOU NIK, KILLS FOR EGO POWER. MACHO FOOLS WITH GUNS LOVE THEIR TOYS OF DESTRUCTION. YOU PROBABLY HAVE VIDEO GAMES THAT ARE OF KILLING TOO. YOU ARE PROBABLY A REDNECK FROM MICHIGAN.
Are you a vegetarian , you don't eat any meat,buy leather goods,because if you do your a hypocrite. Hunting for food is a way of life,and controls overpopulation of animals that leads to them starving to death having to complete for food! Cows,pigs,chickens,etc are killed every day to feed people. At least a hunter has the pride and knowledge he can provide for themselves. You people live in a strange little hypocritical world of your own.
Agreed. please help us to stop pets in China from being skinned alive for their fur: http://www.causes.com/actions/1736270-petition-stop-the-torture-slaughter-of-animals-for-fashion
CLARIFY: I agree with Helge, NOT Robert Bell
Dumbest and most misinformed "petition" I have ever seen. yuppies
I expect as much from a hunter.
Humans are grossly over populated, and yet they seem to think they have the right to control the over-population of other species without attending to their own problem. In this case, it is just an excuse to go out and kill. A disgusting lust for blood. Animals would have plenty of food if humans were not destroying their habitat. I don't think that hunters, especially those who practice deliberate gut shooting should have any pride in themselves. These days people who eat meat get it...
…Humans are grossly over populated, and yet they seem to think they have the right to control the over-population of other species without attending to their own problem. In this case, it is just an excuse to go out and kill. A disgusting lust for blood. Animals would have plenty of food if humans were not destroying their habitat. I don't think that hunters, especially those who practice deliberate gut shooting should have any pride in themselves. These days people who eat meat get it from the supermarket, they don't need to go out and hunt. And yes, speaking for myself, I am a vegetarian and I don't buy leather. However, many meat eaters are trying to make the area of animal slaughter as humane as it can possibly be. Hunting, in the current climate, is populated by some real human scum. Look on YouTube if you doubt this. Many hunters now enjoy killing and do their best to hurt the animals and cause as much suffering as possible.
Are you people so blind as to think that NOBODY has to hunt for their food anymore, there are millions of people in third world countries that rely on hunting to feed themselves and their families, in the UK in the past week they are calling for a cull on deer because there are so many and will soon count as vermin. Hunting for conservation is important, hunting for the sake of killing an animal is not, I am not a hunter myself but I know that it is necessary.
I am an Environmental Scientist, There will come a day with climate change and the end of factory farming that will not only solve much of the problem of human overpopulation (we are the most invasive species the world has ever known) but force us to farm what we can on our own lands and hunt for what animals can survive the oncoming ice age. Learn to hunt now, but respect the forest and all of our cousins with thanks for their sacrifice.
The petition above says it all, but I am obliged to express my outrage about the sickening brutality and love of killing by hunters. Its only sick, psychopaths, cowards , low life and other people with no conscience or respect for life of any other beings could ever describe such killing as "recreational" "fun" or a "hobby". In this century these simply bloody minded human can't accept anything else that is alive, beautiful and with more intelligence than themselves to share this planet. A...
…The petition above says it all, but I am obliged to express my outrage about the sickening brutality and love of killing by hunters. Its only sick, psychopaths, cowards , low life and other people with no conscience or respect for life of any other beings could ever describe such killing as "recreational" "fun" or a "hobby". In this century these simply bloody minded human can't accept anything else that is alive, beautiful and with more intelligence than themselves to share this planet. A planet without animals will be an intolerable, lifeless, boring pathetic place especially if we have to live amongst such brutal, barbaric bloody minded so called human beings. No disrespect to the indigenous people of this planet but protein can be obtained in other humane ways if you choose to avoid hunting.
Agreed. please help us to stop pets in China from being skinned alive for their fur: http://www.causes.com/actions/1736270-petition-stop-the-torture-slaughter-of-animals-for-fashion
somos maioria vamos encurralar esses assassinos de animais.
It was O.K. to hunt YEARS ago when it was a matter of survival - but it should not be considered a sport - what sick and BORING people they must be to want to kill an innocent animal - out of all the wonderful things one can do with their spare time - even reading a book - is so more entertaining...HUnting SHOULD BE BANNED - NO ANIMAL SHOULD BE USED TO BE SHOT AT - TRAPPED - KILLED.......THEY ARE GIFTS FROM GOD AND SHOULD BE NO MAN'S 'TROPHY'.
First off... to spout from the "book" cannot be taken as Fact. for we know very well how corrupt the church is today, imagine how it was centuries ago. You know those books were tampered with throughout the ages, to go along with power hungry elders who wanted the people to believe what they tell them.... 2nd, I highly doubt, that God would condone, Killing a sentient living being, that feels love, fear, happiness, sadness, and grief over a lost loved one. We were all given Free Will, I would think, we are here to learn what is and is not morally right. And Killing a living being for Sport is NOT morally right. plain and simple.
Job 12:7-10 - "But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds of the air, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea inform you. Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this? In
His hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind".
You call this a Sport"
NO