People like Joe who are so quick to criticize and demean are the same type of people who pass moral judgements onto others.
It takes a big man to pull the trigger and MURDER a defenseless animal who is just standing there taking in some fresh air, who is not a threat to you. I believe that animal has every right to exist on this planet as you do. How would YOU feel if you were suddenly shot in the head just standing outside? would it feel good ?
I did some biomedical research at Boston Children's hospital in 1995. the basement is where they kept all the animals, waiting to be operated on and then euthanized. I'm not proud of those days, and i was too naive. I operated on a few rabbits and then injected them with poison. There were other animals in that basement, dogs, rabbits, a few pigs. The barking from the dogs trapped in their cages and the other sounds I still keep and have nightmares of to this day.
Joe, have you ever been caged up waiting to be "operated" on ?
Why would you subject the same torture upon an innocent animal? Next time you cuddle with your pet, know they are lower on the food/intelligent chain than a deer you have no problem in MURDERING.
I'm an animal lover (go ahead, make your childish joke) - I don't MURDER them for fun. People who do have serious issues.
My wife gives me a hard time about the spiders I trap and take outside to put in the woods. she'd just rather smash them up and make a big mess .