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October 19th 2003, 10:35 PM
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Animals choose whether to hunt or not be it for food or pleasure. They think carefully and learn from mistakes. They think.
But if they have a conscience or not? I couldn't say. Why do you think they don't have one?
Domesticated animals seem to have a conscience. Ex: My male dog bit one of the new puppies and then started crying right along with the puppy. He was licking and nudging the puppy, howling, and was very upset. Here at a dead run came mama dog, his mama too. (Now mama dog nipped the meter reader when she thought he got too close to her puppies.) However, when she saw what was happening she slowed down, walked up to both dogs, smelled her puppy, and sat down. She seemed to understand that her older son was regretful and feeling sorrowful. Did this mean the older male dog has a conscience? I really don't know but they sure have a lot of what we consider as civilized traits. And the uncivilized ones also.
About the only things I can see wrong with hunting is if it's done for sport or with cruelty or is placing animals on the endangered list. I'm sure there are other reasons I can't think of at the moment. I don't like hunting either, but there are good reasons to hunt, eg., food on the table, overpopulation of this or that animal, dangerous animal in the vicinity, etc.
I don't and won't hunt or kill an animal unless it's dangerous to me or mine. Like the rattler that had my son cornered on the swing. or the mountain lion that ate my dog. Dang him!