"When will we reach the point that hunting, the pleasure of killing
animals for sport, will be regarded as a mental aberration? We must
reach the point that killing for sport will be felt as a disgrace to our
civilization."
~Albert Schweitzer
This last week has been one of fear and death for the
residents of California. Twenty people were killed due to the stupidity
of one hunter. Hunters, who so often claim to be at one with nature when
they are in the wilds, even though they are destroying that very nature
they claim to be a part of, have the horrors of this last week to their
credit as well, because one of their number allegedly found himself lost
in tinder dry brushland and depended on firing off a flare in order to
summon help. This was the beginning of the inferno that destroyed
thousands of homes and caused the deaths of 20 people, including one
brave firefighter, and innumerable animals, both companion and wildlife.
The next time some hunter or hunter-apologist makes
unfounded allegations about the violence caused by animal activists,
let's remind them of the violence that they perpetrate not only against
animals, but also against human beings.
And may God bless the brave firefighters that have
worked so hard, and are continuing to do so, to put out the fires, but
also their loved ones who wait bravely and silently for them to come
home.
Go on to Human Insanity
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