The second season of aerial wold gunning in Alaska ended this spring.All told,276 wolves were gunned down by shooters in aircraft in an effort to artificially boost moose and caribou populations for sport hunters.The Alaska board of game plans to allow aerial hunters to kill HUNDREDS MORE wolves starting late fall,but thanks in part to Defender's of Wildlife efforts,aerial wolf gunning will not be allowed on national park and national wildlife refuge lands in the state.The board also approved the baiting and killing of 80 grizzly bears along the Candian border.PLEASE visit www.savealaskawolves.org to learn more.

anastasia: makes me..........

Lamby: they will often force these poor animals to run to the point that they colapse with exaustion,then walk up and just shoot them point blank....SICk,SICK people! All because they want sport hunters to be able to have more to kill! OMG! These wolves were here long before any of us...what right do we have to do such things!

anastasia: I am so anti-hunting! Anyone who hunts for sport needs to be hunted and tortured themselves!!!!See how much fun they think it is then!

Lamby: AMEN!!!!

Lamby: That´s excatly what I think... These kind of actions makes me real angry... :(

Like for like i say.

an eye for an eye...

Andre Faria: makes me angry aswell and very very sad......humans are supposed to be the most intellegent animal....makes me wonder how!?

Andre Faria: I also get very upset about people wearing fur!!!!

Check out volants link on Gen Chat....very interesting story of a very old tortoise!

Lamby: We don´t have any respect for the other human beings, so how could we have respect for animals? Too sad, but we´re running for extinction quite fast...

Andre Faria: too true......

Tuesday:

I´m no hunter, does that mean I have a big... mind?

Tuesday: you got that spot on!!!

Lamby: oops didnt see Andres post inbetween....

Lamby:

I also fail to see why anyone living in a civilised society needs to go out and hunt and kill for 'food'

Tuesday: Don't worry I won't hurt you lol only kidding ........

The thing is I think I would rather see animals live, survive, and die according to nature. I just can't believe anyone living in certain countries is starving enough to have to kill for food.....first of all the money some of them spend driving their cars from the city into the country is enough money to walk to the nearest shop!

Tuesday: well I wasn't actually thinking of buying meat from the shop either lol if I had my wish we would all be vegetarians

Look at the benefits.....here are two of my favourite sites
http://www.vegansociety.com/html/

http://www.vegsoc.org/

Tuesday: You're welcome both of those links are packed with info.....especially useful for anyone considering becoming veggie

Lamby: more animals are killed by automobiles than hunters, and automobiles dont by permits which in turn pays for conservation efforts.
because of conservation efforts and monies paid by hunters...successfull restocking programs have brought back many indigenus species to their once natural habitats.
its not all bad.

But if animals are being hunted due to disease and starvation...aren't humans having the same problem with disease and starvation? I agree with let them live and die naturally. Just my opinion :)

http://www.wolfhaven.org/

very interesting website

Im seriously thinking of becoming a vegetarian on account of it is getting harder and harder to be able to afford the prices they are asking for meat/fish/chicken etc....now after the cyclone the other day that wiped out a very large area of vegetable/fruit farms the prices of fruit and vegies has skyrocketed:(...for example bananas were about 98c - $1.50 per kilo (1 kilo = 2.2 lbs) and they are very fast heading to $10 per kilo...lettuce are nearly $4 each...tomatoes are $6 per kilo...I could go on but it is never ending. I guess you eat what you can afford when you dont have a large disposable income.

BerniceC: Hello Mac and Cheese! LOL

ScarletRose: Mac.....yuk
cheese...yummy
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anyway a 1/4 pounder and cheese is nearly $5...better to buy 1/2lb minced beef ROFLMBO

BerniceC: Lots of good spam recipies too ;)

Groucho:ewwwwwwwwwwwww....spam

BerniceC: It's practically vegitarian! ;) Plus there's Tofu too

Groucho: actually i dont mind tofu...crumbed and deep fried in olive oil....not too bad ROFL

BerniceC: ;) sounds good

Gemina: Hunters had a big protest awhile ago against the animal rights people showing them that without hunting the diesease would overcome the deer and make them suffer.Believe it or not..where Gemina and I grew up people DO hunt for food to get thier families through the winter...it was a VERY poor town where we lived and not many people had good paying jobs(that's why we got the hell out of there,lol) but,I don't agree with people that hunt for tropheys,and stuff like that.They talk about over population but seems to me God had a good plan for these animals to begin with..natural selection,survival of the fitest,that sort of thing.Man has eaten animal pretty much from the beggining,ok,we have farms and stuff for that but just to go shooting something for the sake of shooting it,or to "better" the hunting of ANOTHER species,just stupid! Hunters are worried about animal overpopulation...what about human population that are booming and destroying everything that we come into contact with just because....

anastasia: Couldn't have said it any better Anastasia AMEN!

The Cruel Seal Hunt Has Begun
Canada's annual seal hunt, the largest commercial slaughter of marine mammals on the planet, began at dawn on Saturday. Even as you read this, fishermen are clubbing baby seals in the North Atlantic, just to earn a few extra bucks by selling seal skins. Last year, 98.5% of the seals killed were two months of age or younger—and veterinary reports indicate that many seals have been skinned while still conscious and able to feel pain. Our ProtectSeals team is now in Canada, braving the frigid waters to document the hunt and show the world why this unconscionable cruelty must be stopped. http://stream.realimpact.net/?file=realimpact/hsus/2006-seal-hunt/hunt_day_one.wmv&type=wmv

anastasia: I know its terrible, it was on Sky News over here this morning.

anastasia: OMG!! I have never heard such a thing.. how awful!!

What surprises me is the amount they kill. I know they say part of it is to keep the population down because they are eating up a huge amount of the fish supply. Fur coats are just about banned here. Folks are so looked down on if seen wearing them that I havent seen one in years cept on lil old ladies that have had the same mink for 40 years.
Must be sold some where other than here.
I also dont get why these hunters dont take the meat but just leave the carcass'(sickening and sad to see that). If they are going to hunt then at least take the meat and use it/sell it. And no I dont condone how they do the hunting before someone gets nasty at me about my comment.

anastasia: by your reasoning..perhaps humans should have a season as well? lets discuss the bag limit..

http://worldanimal.net/fur-trade.html

This link is grafic, please don't view it if you find it too upsetting.....

http://www.furkills.org/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3682191.stm