Re: [RC] Hunting Season - Lif Strand
At 04:07 PM 11/16/02, FASTGraphic@xxxxxx wrote:
I'd sooner see a living Bambi wander through he
forest calling out "Mother?" than watch her die slowly and painfully beside
her mother in the snow and cold of starvation. Hunters prevent this. Human
beings ARE a part of the natural food chain. Hunters are a necessary part of
the balance of nature. Can't say the same for hikers, cyclists and
equestrians. Does that help you understand why?
To be fair, Scott, not every hunting area has an overpopulation of critters
that will starve if hunters don't hunt. Plus, I'd say hunters are only a
necessary part of the balance of nature when humans have screwed up the
balance already and removed natural predators, who maintained a balance of
nature for millions of years till the last century basically. Humans want
to have a balance of nature on a daily basis, in the real natural world,
the balance is maintained cyclically, that cycle taking years to go
through. By not allowing natural predators to thin the cyclically high
levels of prey animals, humans have interruped an ancient system that
worked very well. But it would have been Bambi that most likely starved
and then was killed and eaten by a predator, not Bambi's mom, unless
Bambi's mom wasn't strong enough to go through these cycles.
Natural cycles make strong gene pools. Natural predators don't
accidentally shoot other hunters, hikers, cyclists and equestrians or their
horses, or cows, dogs, sheep, signs, etc., don't leave beer cans lying
around, don't leave ATV tracks gouged out of the earth, AND they don't take
the strongest and best, which in fact most human hunters try very hard to
take, and which doesn't do much to help the gene pool. Tell me that human
hunters are out there weeding out the weakest, the ill, the hurt, the least
strong and I'll believe that hunters are a necessary part of the balance of
nature.
Apologies to responsible hunters, but I'm looking at the overall picture
here. I am NOT saying that humans shouldn't hunt, but am pointing out a
problem I have with Scott's point of view.
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