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In reply to the discussion: Why is hunting given a pass? [View all]Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)My step brother took a hunting knife and stabbed a bird onto a tree.
I had one cousin who shot a bird, but did not kill it. He pulled its wings off while it was still alive. He did not kill it. He kept pulling parts of it off while it was still alive.
On a hunting trip, the only one I ever went on, when I was a kid, with extended family a few miles away, they shot about 30 doves and did not make sure they were dead before throwing them in bags. The bags kept moving and the birds kept screaming while they continued to hunt more. Some were shot only in the leg or shot in other areas that didn't kill them. Instead of putting them out of their misery, they threw them in the bag and carried the bloody bag around for hours.
Of course, you will probably claim all of the above was just involuntary reactions of "dead" animals and the animals felt nothing, but I know the look in an alive animal's eyes compared to dead, enough to know in all of the cases above, the animals were not dead. They were still alive.
Don't try to pretend this type of stuff does not happen. It is not just in my extended family that I have witnessed hideous stuff happening to animals in my area.