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From Cindy - 25 January 2008
Dear Mr Miele,
I pray you and I are both extinct before recreational hunting becomes
extinct. You apparently have never gone hunting and know nothing about the
sport other than what you have read or have been told. You might try getting
out of New York and come west where the sky is crystal blue, the air clean,
and go on a hunt.
I grew up with men hunting and my husband hunts. My family and friends have
always enjoyed the game and fowl brought home from these hunts and I pray as
long as my husband is able, he will continue to bring home, excuse the pun,
the bacon.
Not every hunter is out there to just kill a bird, animal, etc. There are
people who depend on the kill of animal or fowl for the meat to feed their
families. So I would suggest you, leave your little concrete jungle and come
see for yourself how the populous lives......at least our crime and death
rates are not as high as yours....why don't you concern yourself more with
the human life that is being destroyed in your state. And before you say
anything about gun control.....the gun is not what kills but the person
behind the gun!
By the way my freezer is full of quail and we plan on having our friends
over which by the way some do and some don't hunt but they sure enjoy the
spread. You stick with your vegan diet and enjoy your life in New York.
Cindy
Reply From Joe
Dear Cindy:
Thanks for contacting me in regards to my work with the Committee to
Abolish Sport Hunting. I would like to address some of the things you have
written
> I pray you and I are both extinct before
recreational hunting becomes extinct. You apparently have never gone hunting
and know nothing about the sport other than what you have read or have been
told.
While it is correct that I have never gone hunting, I know more about it
than just "what I have been told." I've seen the remains of gut shot animals
that hunters failed to recover. I've helped rescue wildlife that had been
injured by a poorly placed shot. I have helped people confront hunters who
were trespassing upon their posted property. I've spoken to a woman who has
had a bullet shatter the windshield of a car she was driving, and I have had
enough personal experience with animals to know that they value their lives
and do not want to be harmed.
> Not every hunter is out there to just
kill a bird, animal, etc. There are people who depend on the kill of animal
or fowl for the meat to feed their families.
I would suggest that if their budgets are so tight, instead of spending
their money on weapons, ammunition, hunting equipment, butcher fees, hunting
licenses, etc. they should dedicate that money toward food.
> So I would suggest you, leave your little concrete jungle and come
see for yourself how the populous lives......at least our crime and death
rates are not as high as yours....
The crime rate is quite low in New Paltz, NY - located about 100 miles
north of New York City. I'd assume that it favorably compares to any small
town in America. There's no "concrete jungle" in New Paltz, but plenty of
farm stands, local stores and friendly people.
> why don't you concern yourself more with the human life that
is being destroyed in your state. And before you say anything about gun
control.....the gun is not what kills but the person behind the gun!
There are many "good causes" that should be supported, and the protection
of wildlife is one of them. That's the one I choose to focus my energy upon.
If you would like to protect human life as your primary goal, I suggest that
you do that.
>By the way my freezer is full of quail and
we plan on having our friends over which by the way some do and some don't
hunt but they sure enjoy the spread. You stick with your vegan diet and
enjoy your life in New York.
Thanks! I do enjoy my vegan diet and lifestyle. What I enjoy most is that
no one was slaughtered to provide my food.
Peace,
Joe
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