Originally Posted by stets
Stets,
I understand your passion about this issue, but that incident would have happened law or no law, There are halfwits out there who have carried out this sort of behaviour with guns, bows, rocks and sticks.
The issue is not the law but the absolutely cruel mentality that the morons that are swimming in the low end of the gene pool have. Because of where I live in the High Country of Southern NSW, I have worked in NP's and on farms and most of the people I know who shoot for pest eradication do it humanely and sensibly. I am in an area where we have Roo Shooters who cull for the Roo meat market and talking to these guys the setup costs and regulations mean that if they don't behave responsibly, their license would be revoked and they would end up massively out of pocket.
Unfortunately even some of our native animals get to plague proportions and become in themselves a pest, at these times we need to have responsible controls, and in times of drought I think it is better to cull their numbers than see them starve. We need a balance so that our farmers and native animals can co-exist. Without getting political there are some out there who would be happy if Australia was one big NP, but that is a ridiculous notion, we are here now and all need a way to manage this great land to the benefit of all.
I think most shooters try to behave in a manner that is respectful to our environment but there will always be exceptions to this, as that is human nature.
And no I am not a shooter/hunter but I know my way around firearms.
Mark
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