I am sure this post will anger a few people, and I respect that some find the idea of killing an animal repulsive. All I ask is that, if you reply, you concentrate more on what you think of hunting and culling, rather than posting insults that I am a brute etc. Thanks..
Unfortunately it is a sad fact of life, that sometimes it is necessary to kill one or many animals to make sure things stay in balance. For example, there are hundreds of fatal deer related accidents in the States each year... thousands of injuries. If there was no hunting season, then this number could easily have doubled. At what cost? Do you not think it is better to kill a few thousand deer each year and eat the meat (put it to good use), rather than allow these deer to cause traffic accidents which cost lives (and the deer ends up dead anyway)?
I have a friend that owns a farm, and he had a couple of mousing cats. They lived outside and did their job well. The problem is, cats tend to procreate, and now there are over 20 cats living in this barn. Now there are so many cats around, there is quite a shortage of vermin to eat, so they are starving. Feeding 25 cats outside is neither financially efficient, or practical. So, he has asked me to go out there and kill some of the cats for him (I guess he doesn't have the balls).
I personally don't have a problem with doing this, as it will ultimately make the ones I leave healthier, as they will have more food to eat etc., and the last thing the pet shelters need is 20 un-immunized cats and kittens that have been living on a farm.
Anyhow.... What are your views and opinions?
FMZ