What do you think about who makes violence on the animals?

[sesame]

I had been a vegetarian for 13 years. Indeed, this choice of food habit made my social life quite complicated. So I chose to be a non-veg and mingle with the rest of the 99.9999% of the population. In a dinner table people treated me as if I were an alien from Andromeda!
Anyway, I am considering Vegetarianism again (just because). I have no grudge against the meat eaters. Its a very ancient ethnic habit for human beings. We were hunters and gatherers in prehistoric times, remember? I have visited ancient tribes who live deep in the wilderness. For them, to be a hunter and live off the forest is the most natural thing. I totally agree with them and have great respect for their wild wisdom. Actually they are more natural beings than us. Urban people exploit nature and contaminate her knowingly or unknowingly. While, those ethnic hunters live in harmony with their ecosystem.

But yes, I disagree with those Jap whale hunters, Polar seal hunters, Tiger poachers who are hell bent on exterminating the most beautiful animals on Earth for Big Money! Let them be born as sewer rats in the next life.

[Rachel]

Now fishing... that is some real animal cruelty. We take a live fish or bug and impale it on a hook and send it out to swim around in a hopes of getting a larger fish to eat him. I love fishing by the way.

[ila]

Originally Posted by Rachel

Now fishing... that is some real animal cruelty. We take a live fish or bug and impale it on a hook and send it out to swim around in a hopes of getting a larger fish to eat him. I love fishing by the way.

I've never used live bait when I was fishing. I have used bacon rind and frozen minnows, but mostly just used a lure without any bait.

[Rachel]

Now cruelty to animals that is a whole nother subject. Bullfighting very cruel, yet socially acceptable in Mexico and Spain. Dogfighting and cock fighting theres another. Pointless animal experimentation I dont care for. In high school we had to dissect these frogs. Poor froggie never had a good life. To me that was wasteful and not respectful of life. I respect the game I hunt and teach my children the same ethics. We wait for a clean, sure shot in order to put an animal down as quickly and as humanely as possible. And yes, we do it for fun. The so called "sport" of it. We find it challenging to pit ourselves against the wits of a wily deer. They have better senses then we do and a few extra ones too.