In The Easton Express.
Here it is if you didn't. I don't know if it was already on here and got deleted or not.
http://www.nj.com/letters/expresstimes/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1134468271223660.xml&coll=2
Web site details the torture hunting causes animals
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
On the Web site www.newjerseyhunter.com, hunters shared stories of the bears they had killed during the recent hunting season. One hunter told how he shot a bear that, though seriously wounded, picked himself up and ran in terrified flight. The hunter fired again; the force of the blast knocked the bear back and onto a fallen tree. Even with two bleeding wounds, the bear held onto life, ran once more, escaped, and hid in a thicket. Twenty minutes later, having tracked the voluminous blood trail, the hunter found the bear. And when the poor animal got up to run, the hunter fired and the shot tore into the bear's shoulder. This wound, compounded with the others, poured the greater amount of the bear's life-blood to the ground, and he died.
The picture accompanying the story was of the pitiful bear being held by the hunter who had a joyous smile across his face. It was as if he had done some great deed and had not just brutally tortured and slaughtered an innocent animal.
There are no grays between the black and white nature of these killings, but only the crimson variants of blood and torn flesh. Though man's law claims this slaughter to be legal, the greater law of mercy and compassion condemns it to be of the worst felonious crime.
The Animal Protection PAC fights for animals because we know the savage nature of hunting and the monstrous agony it causes. Now you know too.
Stuart Chaifetz
Cherry Hill, N.J.
Director
Animal Protection PAC
www.ProtectNJAnimals.com
Here it is if you didn't. I don't know if it was already on here and got deleted or not.
http://www.nj.com/letters/expresstimes/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1134468271223660.xml&coll=2
Web site details the torture hunting causes animals
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
On the Web site www.newjerseyhunter.com, hunters shared stories of the bears they had killed during the recent hunting season. One hunter told how he shot a bear that, though seriously wounded, picked himself up and ran in terrified flight. The hunter fired again; the force of the blast knocked the bear back and onto a fallen tree. Even with two bleeding wounds, the bear held onto life, ran once more, escaped, and hid in a thicket. Twenty minutes later, having tracked the voluminous blood trail, the hunter found the bear. And when the poor animal got up to run, the hunter fired and the shot tore into the bear's shoulder. This wound, compounded with the others, poured the greater amount of the bear's life-blood to the ground, and he died.
The picture accompanying the story was of the pitiful bear being held by the hunter who had a joyous smile across his face. It was as if he had done some great deed and had not just brutally tortured and slaughtered an innocent animal.
There are no grays between the black and white nature of these killings, but only the crimson variants of blood and torn flesh. Though man's law claims this slaughter to be legal, the greater law of mercy and compassion condemns it to be of the worst felonious crime.
The Animal Protection PAC fights for animals because we know the savage nature of hunting and the monstrous agony it causes. Now you know too.
Stuart Chaifetz
Cherry Hill, N.J.
Director
Animal Protection PAC
www.ProtectNJAnimals.com