Bumpstick said:
The wife pointed one out to me wandering around our parking lot.
I would never think to shoot one; they have the same right to live here in peace as I do.
Geez!
Ticks, mosquitoes, rats, and athlete's foot all should have the same right to life as you too. I am so sick of political correctness. Don't forget about that night crawler you accidentally cut in half while digging something up while MDing. Or is it just the animals YOU find pleasing that have the rights you seem to want to bestow upon them.
As far as not killing it if you aren't going to eat it, that argument is completely meaningless unless you use EVERY part of each animal you kill. A muskrat trapper doesn't say, "I would never kill a deer if I weren't going to use the hide", a fisherman doesn't say,"I would never kill a squirrel if I wasn't going to put it on a fish hook for bait." The point is, there are many uses for animals that are killed. No one condones killing animals for sport and letting them lay, but uses for the animals can range from decorations to food to clothing or even as bait for other animals. Sometimes killed animals are nothing more than fertilizer. Don't judge someone elses use of an animal carcass, it is probably just as legitimate as your use of an animal, or your use of what used to be their habitat.
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