10-04-2005, 11:14 AM
At the risk of being pelted with sharp pointy things, I just gotta ask....
They are STRAY dogs...What are you going to do with them? There\'s only so many people that will adopt these things, and the rest are going to be gassed. Then the carcasses will just be burned. At least with a fisherman, he is going to be catching something that will feed others.
Now don\'t get me wrong, in no way do I condone anything like this, but I CAN see the point of the fishermen here, in that they are A) controlling the population of strays, and B) Feeding others by doing so.
Believe me, I can understand why you are all upset, but again, look at it from their point of view?
A couple of years ago, I was talking online with someone from Australia. They were telling me that they were shooting Kangaroos like crazy, because they were getting into their gardens and such, and destroying crops. Anyone that has REALLY looked at a kangaroo, and seen how cute they are, would be appalled by the shooting of them. At the time I wondered why they just didnt take stronger measures to stop the kangaroos from getting at the crops, but then I began to see the farmer\'s point of view.
Again, strays, being either dogs, or cats, even carry the risk of carrying diseases and such. Using them as bait, both controls the population explosion, and also feeds others. A big shark could yeild lots of food for others.
And another point is, that this is not being done in America. We seem to have an overinflated sense of justice in this world, and tend to impose our views on other cultures. What may seem horrific to us, might be normal everyday practice to others in the world.
Let me ask this....Is it RIGHT that Eskimos can kill whales, and not say, Japanese fishermen? A whale is a sentient being, I personally think, and yet, Eskimos can kill one to feed their villages. Is that morally right?
Again, I want to stress that in no way do I condone baiting with live animals, be they dogs or cats. I am just trying to show the other point of view.
They are STRAY dogs...What are you going to do with them? There\'s only so many people that will adopt these things, and the rest are going to be gassed. Then the carcasses will just be burned. At least with a fisherman, he is going to be catching something that will feed others.
Now don\'t get me wrong, in no way do I condone anything like this, but I CAN see the point of the fishermen here, in that they are A) controlling the population of strays, and B) Feeding others by doing so.
Believe me, I can understand why you are all upset, but again, look at it from their point of view?
A couple of years ago, I was talking online with someone from Australia. They were telling me that they were shooting Kangaroos like crazy, because they were getting into their gardens and such, and destroying crops. Anyone that has REALLY looked at a kangaroo, and seen how cute they are, would be appalled by the shooting of them. At the time I wondered why they just didnt take stronger measures to stop the kangaroos from getting at the crops, but then I began to see the farmer\'s point of view.
Again, strays, being either dogs, or cats, even carry the risk of carrying diseases and such. Using them as bait, both controls the population explosion, and also feeds others. A big shark could yeild lots of food for others.
And another point is, that this is not being done in America. We seem to have an overinflated sense of justice in this world, and tend to impose our views on other cultures. What may seem horrific to us, might be normal everyday practice to others in the world.
Let me ask this....Is it RIGHT that Eskimos can kill whales, and not say, Japanese fishermen? A whale is a sentient being, I personally think, and yet, Eskimos can kill one to feed their villages. Is that morally right?
Again, I want to stress that in no way do I condone baiting with live animals, be they dogs or cats. I am just trying to show the other point of view.