[jdynwa]

People who shoot animals are often viewed with distaste by environmentalists. But their skills and expertise could be crucial to good management of national parks.

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Alternate view:
How about a shot of compassion?

[chechokancho]

>>But their skills and expertise *is* crucial to good management of national parks.

[Butiqueso]

Photographers eh?

;p

"'Foxes in garden: upper class - get my gun;
middle class - get the camera;
working class - get a spade, we'll make soup' QI"

*goes to read the link*

[GeraldCortis]

NSW NP&WS has long used snipers in helicopters. They got into big hoo haa over shooting some brumbies from helicopters (a la the grizzly wrestling bitch in the bikini with an assault rifle? what's her name again? .. Sarah Palin.. it came back to me).

Many National Parks, forests, reserves, still contain old dams. These are excellent places to sit and shoot, with either a rifle or a camera.

[suilusargaino]

Sister Sarah (The E-van-gelical Naughty Librarian)
sent her Eskimo spouse packing back to Podunk, Alaska
got her face (...and boobs...) lifted and became a mouthpiece
for FOX NET using that nails-on-a-chalkboard voice to rail against
O-bomb-eer and his -->Muslin

[Arexytece]

here in sa ... the same association has been culling in a conservation park... the target was obviously deer.

a very close friend who does contract shooting of ferals for the dept.... and is a conservation hunter only ( 'j' will not take a shot unless it is a clean head shot and is a master marksmen... he is well respected in his field.)

.... recently did a shoot in the same park. he was disgusted and distressed by the number of deer carcasses that had near miss injuries or bullets still lodged in them weeks after. they had obviously been trying for body shots to keep the antlers intact. no animal welfare ethics there
the sports shooters will always talk themselves up....

[Buincchotourbss]

Both good and bad experience of hunting in national parks in WA Controlled use is just another tool in feral animal control. Uncontrolled use ........!

[GeraldCortis]

They had obviously been trying for body shots to keep the antlers intact. no animal welfare ethics there
the sports shooters will always talk themselves up....

Not attempting to disagree with the sentiment but .. shoot a deer and it falls.. you have no control over antler damage..
shoot between the antlers and you do.

[suilusargaino]

Not attempting to disagree with the sentiment but .. shoot a deer and it falls.. you have no control over antler damage..
shoot between the antlers and you do.

Antlers aren't that fragile... falling over wouldn't break them
they are after all, meant for fighting... clashing together with
the force of 2 adult male deer ...with their hormones raging!

I believe Joey meant that the "hunter" was more concerned
about The Trophy than about the possible suffering of the
animal that he was assigned to put down.

A badly placed bullet will still kill...eventually...
depending on the wound, the animal could escape into the
forest and take between an hour and a week to die.

[Butiqueso]

http://deepseanews.com/2012/05/are-h...lly-exclusive/
and this, a significant piece of research, in particular that third graph.
Here is where the interference begins, and it doesn't have to be ACTIVE.
Either way it is the start of the process that ends up with things out of balance and culling being called for.

But how to respond?
And is it too late?
Not intending to be "provocative" except in the critical, self-reflecting sense.

[Arexytece]

Antlers aren't that fragile... falling over wouldn't break them
they are after all, meant for fighting... clashing together with
the force of 2 adult male deer ...with their hormones raging!

I believe Joey meant that the "hunter" was more concerned
about The Trophy than about the possible suffering of the
animal that he was assigned to put down.

A badly placed bullet will still kill...eventually...
depending on the wound, the animal could escape into the
forest and take between an hour and a week to die.

yep.... or live on with bullets in their bodies as these had

we have joeys handed in that have bullets in them. it is something i just don't get. why would anyone think to gut shoot an animal is an okay thing to do ?? personally i'd like to line up 'sports shooters' and practice on them.