Written by PETA
A hunter in Belarus wound up in the hospital after he was shot by a fox he had wounded and was trying to kill with the butt of his rifle. As the determined fox fought back, she pulled the trigger of the gun with her paw. The bullet struck the hunter's leg, and the fox made her escape. Here's hoping that the fox is recovering and that the hunter has learned his lesson. If not, the next time they come face to face, she just might take a trophy for her den.
Written by Michelle Sherrow
I have be hunting for 11 years and what meat i don't store in my freezer i give to the less fortunate. Animal lovers have a right to be against hunting but i don't think its wrong. I look at myself as a farmer and Deer manager and saving small deer until they get bigger and healthier for the next generation of hunters!
I would hope you wouldn't find the suffering of any creature--even a misguided human--funny.
So, humans are different than animals and possess higher thought processes and use these to their advantage? So much for all that "a rat is a pig is a dog is a boy" crap. But I understand the humor. I get the same laughs when the idiots aboard the Sea Shepherd place themselves in peril through their own stupidity.
Nope. I don't consider the fox a murderer because it doesn't know any better. It's an animal who only knows how to hunt for food. It's not a human and it doesn't have the same thought process as a human. A hunter is a human with the ability to think and reason. He chose to go out and kill an animal, more than likely for fun and not for food..and was too cheap to even bother finishing it off humanely with a bullet and decided to beat it to death. I do find his being shot hilarious and deserved - akin to a Grandma who steals the gun of someone who's about to steal her purse and shoots him with it. (I'm sure you'd be the one saying "oh, that poor robber, he didn't deserve to be shot" though.)
So, by your logic Rita it would be hilarious if the fox got caught in barbed wire while chasing a rabbit and died a slow, painful death. Yeah, karma's a *****.
Atom265, it's hard not to take joy when a murderer gets his comeuppance. He went there with the intent to cause pain and death to another living creature and instead he got hurt. I can't say I feel too sorry for him when he was planning to do the same thing to the fox.
YAY! Way to go little buddy! How clever?!!!? Well...it serves him right!!! Hopefully, he's not gonna mess with foxes again! :-)
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