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In reply to the discussion: Why is hunting given a pass? [View all]Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)That is my gripe too. Responsibly hunting for food is one thing. I don't do it, but I don't begrudge anyone who does, for food, and without torturing the animal in the process. Where I live, many do torture the animals in the process. It's sickening. Even my own step brother used to torture animals until I talked to him about it. No one had ever pointed out to him that was cruel and just plain flat out wrong until I did. Now, he knows better and doesn't do it any more.
What I question also is all the pictures in the paper or all the trucks around here with dead animals on the hood and blood running down the side of the truck. Is that really necessary? Can't they just put it in the truck bed instead or field dress it and put it in coolers with some ice to stop the decomposition process? I mean, really? It can as high as 70 degrees outside during hunting season where I live and they are carrying meat around on the hood of their truck for an hour or more on their way to relatives' and friends' houses to show off their kill? That doesn't sound like any recipe I would ever want to try. And why pose in pictures like that and put it in the local newspaper? There is no reason good enough to make me see that as anything more than deranged. I see no need to pose with my food and play with it like that (they lift the dead animal's head up in the pictures and other things behind the scenes before and after the pictures are taken) and have someone snap a picture before I cook it. These are questions they will never be able to answer honestly without accepting just how absurd those "traditions" are. It's bullshit.