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Re: [RC] [RC] re: bears in CA - Karen SullivanCindy, somewhat presumptious of you to assume I was not distressed by the demise of my chickens (I am trying not to let this get personal) ....however, badly I felt about it, or failed to act quickly enough, I still don't think the loss of my chickens was reason to trap, poison or kill whatever predator that did it.... You are right that I don't see that 50 feral cats and perhaps as many breeding and diseased pigs have any more value than a mountain lion. When a family moves to a rural area, and lets everything in sight breed to the point of starvation, unattended injuries and beyond carrying capacity to their few acres, yet can get a permit to shoot and kill the mountail lion that picks up one sick cat....that is ethically and morally wrong.....after all, they are the one that ATTRACTED the lion to their backyard. As I mentioned, we do have exposure to some wildlife in my area, and so far have managed to coexist along with it, and actually enjoy the sightings. The world will suffer greatly with the loss of the big predators. There are places people should not live, attempt to raise livestock, ride or recreate. To get this back to being somewhat endurance related, I also believe there are areas and trails where horses should not be allowed, and places where PEOPLE in general should not be allowed, except for perhaps scientists who are careful and doing studies.... Karen. On 4/15/08, Cindy Collins <c_collins@xxxxxxx> wrote: I have no problems with wolves and grizzlies, Karen, only with people who want them in my backyard, but not in theirs. You may not be one of those people, but there are plenty of them out there. If and when you ever really do have grizzlies or wolf packs in your backyard, I'd like to know if you feel the same way. Until then, it's only conjecture. Of course, you didn't feel any distress about your poor chickens, so maybe you only feel compassion for non-domestic animals. We all have our unique perspective on the world. We ridecampers can argue about weight divisions and horse shoes until we're ready to strangle each other. We're way off topic now so should probably give this one up before Steph spanks our hands :) Cindy =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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