yes , but you should learn that respect must be gained by respect. and i will never be respected as long as i feed live, so can't respect those who don't respect me. and again this is just an overeacted exegarated thing, sorry i don't see at as cruelty , but it doesn't mean i don't respect life.
and you Say you're a hunter? so thats not cruelty shooting down an animal for fun or because there is enough population so it won't be extinct? and don't tell me you kill the animals HUMANLY or without pain , your still killing for fun what makes you better then me. you just gave me a reason to ignore your ignorance. those animals are alive YOU KNOW, they could have had a whole life infront of them too .
i respect life AS IS. i love all nature and live, and part of nature will always be things die others are born. again i hate people shooting down animals for fun, or torturing animals for whatever fun they have with it. but i don't see a mouse being constricted by a snake as a cruelty but i will al ways see it as natural and i admire the way these preditors hunt and will always do and there are thousands of people like me and sorry you will never be able to change the whole world. Damn, i will soon hear of keepers injecting brocolli paste with a syring to there snakes so less harm is done or whatever.
Since you want to push the hunting issue, I guess I will have to address it.
I do not hunt because I enjoy killing. I do it because it serves many purposes. It's a safe and effective method of population control, I enjoy nature and all it provides, it provides food for my family and its a time honored tradition.
And being a hunter, I strive to make sure that if I make a kill, it's as clean and causes as little pain and stress as possible. I practice my marksmanship and make sure that when an opportunity presents itself, I'm able to make the best shot I can. That way I'm not needlessly wounding animals, prolonging their suffering and leaving them for to die at their own convenience. So far, I haven't seen a single animal I shot, suffer.
Now, I'm bothered by your claims that you value life. Especially when its very apparent that you do not. If you did, then you would treat all life with as much dignity and respect as you could. Causing one animal unnecessary suffering, isn't showing respect. It's cruel!
Let me ask you a question. Do you eat meat? Do you get it from your local grocery store? Do you realize that those packages at the grocery store contain the remnants of what used to be a living animal? Do you realize that those animals were killed, probably using a method, that was far less humane, than what a hunter will do to his quarry? And the sad part is, that method is probably far less cruel, then what you do to your feeders, when you feed live.
At least a cow, chicken or pig, isn't squished, crushed or squeezed to death. Dying slowly, feeling bones break or muscle tear, until it finally passes out from asphyxiation. A long and slow process. Ask yourself, how would you prefer to die, if given the choice?
Then do me a favor. Do not post on topics, you obviously have no clue about. Thank you!
Wayne