RE: [CH] I'VE BEEN ATTACKED
Mary & Riley (uGuys@ChileGarden.com)
Fri, 1 Jun 2001 09:50:06 -0700
> Although most PETA members (if not all) are vegetarian, and
> despise the
What's this have to do with PETA?
> killing of animals, they ignore the fact that animal control
> is necessary in
> the commercial production of the vegetables we all love. Does
> not matter
I think most here condone _appropriate_ action, including killing pests.
I have squirrels and under certain circumstances it'd bw appropriate to
shoot them. Only got 3 avocadoes last year! Arrgghhh!!!
But iirc someone was talking about using capsaicin extract, bb guns and
pellet guns on a cat--probably a family pet.
There're other ways to get rid of cats. OSH, Home Depot, etc have
avoidance sprays. Never tried them. But pieces of duck tape laying
around (see CH archives) works. I think a little vinegar or tobasco
sauce in a squirt gun's acceptable and just as effective as extract.
If you have a pest and have to kill it, ok. A 22 or shotgun in trained
hands is humane. A pellet gun is not. It can hit the eye, ear, etc and
lodge in the animal. Except for very small prey (like a mouse) it's not
a sure kill. The animal is possibly maimed, dies from starvation or
infection. A hunter or sportsman wouldn't use one. They size the
weapon for the prey. And in most cities you can't shoot anyway.
> what state you live in, California has it's problems,
> Florida, Ohio, they
> all have to do it. Here in Ohio, no raccoon control = no
> sweet corn. No deer
And many if not most states have humane kill laws now. (Could be wrong
on this one, I'm thinking of the requirement to humanely kill live
trapped pests. Leg traps may still be legal, but that's one where I'd
have to side with PETA.)
Riley
btw, I think PETA does a great disservice in many cases. Stopping
staged dogfights? Great. But they'd rather get down on you for eating
lobster. Safer, I guess. Most diners won't fight back.