-=> Quoting Paul Nixon to Steve Gunhouse on 06-24-96  07:07 <=-
 Re: cats
 SG> To get back to the original topic (after a fashion) ... if cats have
 SG> become a nuisance and/or overpopulated, why shouldn't some form of
 SG> population control be used on them? In my mind anyway, that's just
 PN> That's what I'm trying to do .
 SG> like the snow monkeys which there was all the fuss about in south Texas
 SG> last year. If human manipulation of the environment creates a problem,
 SG> it is up to humans to correct or at least control the problem. Whether
 SG> it's deer, rabbits, cats, or snow monkeys, the same logic applies.
 PN> Uh, Steve, you ever tried to rationally discuss this sort of thing
 PN> with some bunny hugger that is wailing and moaning about how terrible
 PN> mankind is to critters?  They don't use logic.
Hey, if I needed any convincing, their decision to protest sport fishing
was clear enough. But I already knew that, even long before the snow
monkeys.
 PN> Look at the fools back east that have allowed the deer populations to
 PN> soar.  The deer are then permitted to starve, or get run over by
 PN> cars, or die of disease because of overpopulation...but it would be
 PN> cruel to let mean ole hunters harvest any of 'em.
The bigger problem is usually deer in the suburbs. Some states have taken
to allowing bowhunting inside various cities to control deer there, but
naturally try not to publicize it much to avoid the anti-hunting wackos.
 PN> If it's natural for beavers to build dams, it's damn sure natural for
 PN> humans to do so.
I recall a Sci-Fi novel by David Brin in which there was a religion of
nature worshippers. They were even a dominant religion, attracting many
followers. When they declared that hunting was a natural act for man, the
animal-rights people parted ways with them. (It was only a minor
sidelight in a story on a somewhat different topic.)
Unfortunately, we humans can take either side to excess, both the
exploiters and the so-called preservationists. When taken to extremes,
any position can be wrong.
Steve
... There's somethings in this world you just can't explain - C. Daniels
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