Not every one of us birders on line is a flatlander. Some people
in this state and region are still "country folk" and damn glad of it.
And is it not a little species biased to refer to your domesticated
carnivores as "beloved pets", some people do keep waterfowl and poultry
as pets also, and do care for them as more than a possible meal. The
person who shot the otters was deeply saddened by their death. He reacted
the same way you would have if an unidentified creature was tearing apart
your "little Muffy" in the dark of night, he protected "his" beloved
pets.
Wilson Cady
Washougal, WA.
gorgebirds at juno.com "Never Pet A Burning Dog"
360-835-5947 gorgebirds at juno.com


On Wed, 25 Feb 1998 15:42:13 EST Critterfro at aol.com writes:
>How is it that one can justify killing a wild creature (or even a
>beloved pet)
>to protect thier chickens. Back in the day when a person's chickens
>were
>thier life might be justified if precautions were taken. But these
>days
>nobodys life really depends on a few chickens. Its an asthetic thing.
>People
>just want to pretend thier country folk or have some sense of
>homesteading. I
>lived on a ranch as a kid and my folks were always trying to kill the
>bobcats,
>foxes, and weasels in the name of thier chickens. Forget the fact
>that we had
>20x more eggs than we could ever want to eat and we still bought
>chicken from
>the store. My earliest memories of my Grandpaw were him shooting any
>raptor
>that flew over the yard claiming it was a "chicken hawk". If anybody
>ever
>shot my dog (member of my family) for killing one of thier $5-$10
>chickens,
>which I would happily replace thrice the amount, why I'd
> at #$## at #$$!!!!that
>mother at #$ at $ . Im not saying dogs or cats should be aloud to roam and
>cause
>trouble. Killing most spp. of wildlife to protect chickens or ducks
>is wrong.
>Dont even get me started on the ADC killing massive amounts of
>wildlife for
>the sake of rancher's cows at tax payers expense. Not to mention the
>cows are
>on federal land leased to the rancher at WAY below market vaule and
>cause
>absurd amounts of damage to the ecosystems they graze in..
>CW/Olympia
>

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