Hunting snuff videos are the same cruelty as crush videos

We all know crush videos are very awful displays of cruelty to pets (main victims--dogs and kittens, usually less than a few weeks old) for self-gratification and/or sexual desire. (many are done by very attractive women, wearing spider-stockings and stillettos)

But we also are fully aware of hunting 'snuff' videos, done for exactly the same purpose, to get a sexual or adrenalin 'kick' out of it. it is also, thanks to the Internet and social networking and video sites such as Facebook and Youtube, the primary reason for hunting's increased popularity and laws enacted in preference of hunting with children. though many say that hunting is in decline, the truth is it has gotten more popular, from seeing it locally in my town of Owensboro, since 1998, when it was hard to find. oh sure, there were a few handful at FFA clubs and out in the 'boonies' as we like to call 'rural' areas, small one horse towns, but in the city of Owensboro, you wouldn't see one hunter at all. now, in 2010, almost 2011, hunting is as unavoidable, both on TV and online, and, of course, locally, as fast food. Expressway Dodge on Henderson, KY, has a deal where one who buys a brand new 2011 Dodge Ram 1500 gets a free Cabela's Bowhunting set. in town, billboards for both Whitetail Expo and Bucks and James Hunting Outfitters are dotting the landscape.

Also, on many pin-boards in stores, even Social Services, where one finds welfare benefits to people with low-income, or adoptable animals, there are many ads for places to get taxidermy, using of course the deer for the symbol, or even places to buy Deer Summer Sausage from (which is a salami made from venison)

Not long ago, we were all rejoicing at a bill (at the time) known as H.R. 5337. a bill that bans promotions of animal cruelty in the first degree, such as those videos and photos. unfortunately, they made exemption to hunting videos for no real reason. the bill never passed so we considered it a non-issue. we also heard of a later revised version of the same bill, which promised the same thing, known as H.R 5566, designed to stop videos 'depicting animal torture for self-gratification' which would truly make all videos of 'animal' cruelty illegal and hopefully us who are against hunting would truly see hunting go in to major decline, since at present, it is kept alive mainly by the videos and advertising. 

Unfortunately, there is a small reminder of H.R. 5337 included in this one as well, making it a fraud. it uses the term 'animal' but apparently limits its compassion to the pets such as dogs and cats only, since this clause exempts hunting along with slaughter practices, and of course the research we all know as 'vivisection':

‘(e) Exceptions-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

‘(1) IN GENERAL- This section shall not apply with regard to any visual depiction of--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

‘(A) customary and normal veterinary or agricultural husbandry practices;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

‘(B) the slaughter of animals for food; orCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

‘(C) hunting, trapping, or fishing.

This means that aside our beloved pets, all other forms of animal cruelty are, for reasons unknown, given exception. this happens far too often on any animal rights case, sadly, many well-meaning AR Activists are fooled into thinking this law saves them all. it doesn't. it saves only the pets. wildlife are not even protected from cruelty by welfare standards. even the so-called ASPCA doesn't lift a finger for deer or bears, much less wolves and bighorn, and even go to lengths to support hunting too. what kind of 'animal cruelty prevention' group picks and chooses 'which' animals to help, even more so, why use the term 'animal' as if to include all of them? i may never know. but this happens time and again. it's against the law and wrong to shoot a dog or cat, even if for 'the meat' as we hear too often from hunters, but it's ok to kill deer and bears with weaponry our own military won't use in wars? keep in mind that aside the Endangered Species Act, no wild animal is protected from  this level of harm. it's as if they are only cried over or respected when they risk extinction. that is a lousy reason to care.

Hunting causes unimaginable torture to animals. especially bowhunts. and this is protected? i will never see the logic in this. and why we don't opt for stronger laws to protect animals who are only treated differently for not wearing a collar or having a leash. i find it unfair we help pets but do not do much for wildlife if at all. which is why i made this post, so i can help to get the word out--there is a petition online that i suggest you sign and share, that is hopefully going to put the issue of the legality of hunting snuff and any other harmful display of animal cruelty to bed. thank you and have a nice day/night









Sign and Share to ban hunting snuff videos

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H.R. 5566 text:

http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h5566/text

Can Sociopaths be Cured?

http://www.ehow.com/facts_5333680_can-sociopath-cured.html

DISCLAIMER: this post is not mine, i use it from a site on the internet.

Psychiatrists generally believe there is no cure for a sociopath. If you are trying to get help for a loved one who you believe is a sociopath, you need to realize there's little hope if the person is not actively seeking help for herself.

Definition

1. Another term for "sociopath" is antisocial personality disorder. According to the Mayo Clinic, antisocial personality disorder is a type of chronic mental illness in which your ways of thinking, perceiving situations and relating to others are dysfunctional. A person with this disorder has no regard for right and wrong and may, therefore, be very dangerous to himself and others.

Symptoms

2. The major symptom is a disregard for right and wrong and a tendency to lie and deceive. Since sociopaths are often very charming and manipulative, they may get away with this behavior for a long time. Or not; they may have trouble in both work and relationships and get in trouble with the law.

Causes

3. It's easy to feel sorry for a sociopath. The causes can be genetic or a result of physical, sexual and emotional abuse, chaotic upbringing or the loss of parents at a young age.

Treatment

4. Treatment consists of therapy, stress and anger management, medication and hospitalization. Physical activity, positive social interaction and good general health care all help control this disorder.

Cure?

5. There is no true cure for this disorder. If the individual herself is willing to seek treatment and stick with it, however, she can control how much effect it has on her life. 

My Input: this same condition is the same mentality behind hunters, animal abusers, and dog fighters such as Michael Vick, Ted Nugent, and Sarah Palin. the same mind is at work. many sociopaths started out on animals. so despite all the 'give Vick a second chance' is BULLSHIT. there can never be a cure for a sociopath. oh the condition can be repressed or directed towards a harmless activity, but can NEVER be cured 

Read more: Can a Sociopath Be Cured? | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/facts_5333680_can-sociopath-cured.html#ixzz18ylK0YKy

To read more on sociopaths, a friend sent this link

Cats are carnivores. Humans are not.
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A Question of Design

                                                          Carnivore


'Animals who eat meat and those who eat plants face very different issues when dinner time arrives. Plants, because they are sedentary, encase their tissues in tough fibrous coverings for support and protection, and thus require a large amount of digestive processing to extract nutritional value from them. By contrast, “meat” (in the form of live animals) usually does not want to be eaten and is, therefore, recalcitrant, combative and uncooperative – it tends to run away.

Accordingly, plant eaters (herbivores) are optimized for foraging, batch feeding and prolonged digestion, whereas meat eaters (carnivores/omnivores) are designed for predation and the consumption of huge, infrequent meals.

Meat eaters are all equipped for short bursts of extreme speed that allows them to ambush and/or run down prey. Their limbs have been lightened to allow for fast running and their paws have been modified into compact clubs armed with claws.

When tackling struggling prey, the most vulnerable parts of their anatomy – the abdomen and gonads – are shielded behind the muscular armored chest. Their incisors have been reduced to short pointed pegs, while their canines are huge sharp elongated daggers used for ripping and killing. Their jaw joint is on the same plane as their cheek teeth, and there is no horizontal side-to-side motion of the lower jaw.
This makes their jaws very stable and allows them to operate like a pair of shears. Their molars are sharp, jagged and blade-shaped. The upper molars vertically slide past the lower molars in a slicing motion when the jaw is closed. These animals do not chew their food. Instead, they slice off huge chunks of meat and swallow them whole. They do not have digestive enzymes in their saliva since flesh-digesting enzymes released in the unprotected mouth would quickly destroy the oral cavity.

Their strongly acidic stomachs are huge storage vats that account for 60-70% of the total capacity of their GI tracts. Meat has no fiber and is, therefore, easily digested. Thus, their small intestines are very short (only 3-6 times their body length) and are optimized for protein and fat absorption. Their large intestines are short straight and smooth and designed for evacuation purposes only.

What about “By-design” Omnivores?

                                                     Omnivore


The one design concession “by-design” omnivores such as bears and raccoons have made to plant eating is that one or more pairs of their molars have modified from sharp blades to flattened grinding surfaces.
This allows them to crush and swallow a limited amount and range of plant foods such as fruits, berries, roots and tubers. However, they otherwise retain the typical carnivore tooth design and jaw mechanics, and their short small intestines do not allow them to adequately handle large amounts of plant fiber. Hence, a true natural omnivore is a carnivore that has been minimally modified to eat a limited range of soft, pulpy plant foods, but is still equipped to run down, kill, dismember and consume prey.

I Herd That!

                                                   Herbivore


Large mammalian herbivores tend to be social animals living in large herds/communities/cities. Because they must cover significant distances looking for and gathering plant foods, their limbs are modified for prolonged energy-efficient standing and walking. Instead of claws, their nails are blunt and used for digging and peeling. They have muscular lips, a small mouth opening and well-developed cheek muscles.
This creates a “walled-in” oral cavity that facilitates the crushing and grinding action of chewing. The jaw joint is above the plane of the cheek teeth and the lower is “L-shaped” causing the upper molars to come to rest on top of the lower molars when the jaw is closed. This allows the jaw to function like a nut cracker rather than a pair of shears.

The upper molars cannot vertically slide past the lower molars. But because the lower jaw has a pronounced horizontal side-to-side motion, the upper and lower molars horizontally slide across one another creating the grinding action of chewing. Accordingly, the molars are not sharp and blade-shaped, but are squared, flat-topped and abut one another forming extended grinding surfaces. The incisors are broad, flattened and spade-shaped and used for cropping and peeling. The canines may be absent, as in cows and sheep; shortened and reduced, as in horses and humans; or dagger-like and used for defense, as in hippos and some primates. Herbivores also usually have carbohydrate digesting enzymes in their saliva that begins the process of digestion while food is still in the mouth. In fact, the purpose of chewing (including chewing the cud) is to mix food with digestive enzymes to facilitate the process of digestion.
Plant tissues contain large amounts of fibrous material. The end result is that plant foods require extensive processing to extract their nutritional content. Because of this, herbivores consume smaller, more frequent meals, and tend to have much longer and, in some cases, much more elaborate digestive tracts than their meat-eating counterparts.

In a typical herbivore, the stomach holds less than 30% of the total capacity of the GI tract. On the other hand, the small intestine is extremely long and is usually more than 10-12 times the body length and has an unlimited capacity for carbohydrate absorption. The large intestine or colon is also relatively long and complex and frequently has a pouched appearance.

Here’s Looking at You

                                                         Human


In every respect, humans show the anatomic and physiologic features typical of an herbivore. A full and complete discussion of these features is well beyond the scope of this short article. What follows is a random sampling of facts.

Upright posture leaves the human abdomen, ovaries and testes completely exposed and, potentially, fatally vulnerable. Whereas standing and walking are very energy-efficient for humans, running is not.

We are extremely slow runners and have very poor stamina. We have a carbohydrate-digesting enzyme in our saliva called salivary amylase.

The human esophagus does not handle poorly chewed food very well. Over 90% of the people who choke to death each year choke on meat.

Human body length (head to tail bone) is typically 2.5 to 3 feet. Thus, at >25-30 feet in length, the human small intestine is clearly designed for digesting plant material.

Only herbivores have an appendix. No matter how much fat and cholesterol you feed carnivores like dogs and cats, they NEVER develop coronary artery disease.

In places where people eat a high fiber, whole food diet, appendicitis and diverticulosis are unknown.
Studies in western countries have shown that on average, vegetarians have smarter children, suffer significantly lower rates of chronic disease, obesity and dementia, and live longer than their meat-eating counterparts.

Deer are not 'just wild animals' they are as much friends as any 'pet'

I am so sick of how humans treat these wonderful beings differently than dogs. They may not be 'pets' but they are not that different, yet it appears that if any animal does not bear a collar and tag, then killing, dismemberment, and eating them is morally justfied.

                                           You'd hurt someone like her? shame!

OK leaving the obvious proof in my last note that humans are HERBIVORES and don't need to hunt, we move on to a more detrimental problem. the mistreatment of certain animals deemed 'wild' animals that seems to be legal, despite how any well-written animal cruelty law or bill says that killing ANY animal in the first degree is punishable with jail time. ok i still do not know why it's legal to hunt when that is pretty clear in the laws i have read here in Owensboro, KY. but i do know that aside them not being pets, they are not that different and their lives are every bit as much precious as any pet's life, or your own.

I have a friend nearby who lives in Island, approximately 45 miles west of me. she found this doe when she was living at her mom's who was shot in the face and left for dead. she now lives, 14 years later due to their respect that seems more and more lacking now in this town. her name is Daisy and she's one of my best friends. most people just have dogs or cats as pets, i choose her. yes, i know she's a deer. but she's legal and is as wonderful and smart as any dog is. and people hunt them? and get skipped by the law too? hard to believe isn't it?

                                          they love to roll in dirt and play just like any animal!

                           Hard to believe that humans hurt animals that enjoy life

 

What book do non-vegans get their excuses from?

I can list all the excuses used by non-vegans including hunters. it's highly improbable they all know one another since there are billions of 'em, so there must be one certain book they pass around like leafleting to pass their illogical carnism onto others to use against us once more. is it a book? 'Debating Vegans for Dummies?'

Excuses used by the general meat eater population:

1. Where do you get your protein?(plants are full of protein, it's not just in flesh)

2. What about Vitamin B-12, Taurine, Vitamin A? (those are only required by biological carnivores, not herbivores like deer, horses, goats, rabbits, and HUMANS)

3. Don't force your opinion on me. i don't have trouble with vegans, just let me choose to eat meat (keep in mind that it's not a choice when murder is involved, and we don't let rapists, pedophiles have a choice do we?)

4. i have far too many kids and not enough time to procure vegan diets for all of 'em (but you have enough time to defrost, cook for an hour or so, spice, doctor, shape and then eat meat? what about all the quality time you wasted?)

5. Cows and other animals i eat are 'food'. (and dogs, cats are food in China, so what's your point?)

6. we got pointy teeth! (yea, and just prove it. try eating a raw living animal alive like ALL predators do!)

                                                       Do human Teeth look like this?

7. The human has always eaten meat (irrelevant. this is the 21st Century, so we are no longer limited to the sustenance diets of the Ice Age)

                                              I'm not a biologist but i think our teeth look like this

8. But i love the taste of meat! (no you do not. if you did, you would not hide it through cooking, BBQ sauce, and condiments. you love the VEGAN flavor. the meat is just filler!)

9. humans are omnivores we need both meat and plants, not one or the other! (incorrect. the bear and pig is an omnivore. if you want, hold up a picture of a grizzly and then look at your teeth in a mirror. MYTH: BUSTED)

10. But don't vegans need tons of vitamin supplments and fake meats? (nope, in fact we have nothing to subsitute. we are herbivores we can get all our needed vitamins from plants)


Top Ten excuses from Hunters:

1. If we do not hunt, the deer will overpopulate and starve to death! (incorrect. natural balance is already there. they have natural predators (which you're not one of) disease and the elements to make sure the strong survive.)

2. Deer are herbivores. we are omnivores. that puts them below us in the food chain (incorrect and rehashing the omnivore myth; you can put anything in your mouth and swallow it that does not make you anything else than the herbivore nature made you. look at your teeth and that deer's. then look at a pig's teeth; which do yours look more like?)

                                             Deer's teeth are flat, just like yours


3. hunting is more natural than factory farming and healthier (for a bear! and sure it is not supporting the genetically altered factory farm but if you have seen deer suffer for days full of arrows i think the death a factory farmed animal has is far more humane in comparison. however it changes nothing of the cruelty)

                                         This is more humane than factory farms?

4. You would not understand hunting unless you hunted a deer yourself (and i would not understand rape until i fuck a child. nice logic)

5. A pet and wild animal are not the same (care to explain?)

                                          Dogs (and cats) always get all the anti-cruelty laws

                                          Dogs and deer are always separated in compassion
                                                       even though they are a lot alike

6. I love deer. i even have pet deer. but wild animals are wild animals. they eat each other and that is what i am doing too (wolves are carnivores, you are an herbivore. when deer eat other deer let me know)

7. Humans are omnivores! they eat meat to survive (sustenance hunts are not omnivorism. omnivores eat meat and plants no matter what. but if humans only eat meat when times are tough, that is merely a survival mechanism that all herbivores possess, not omnivorism)

                                    Deer eating roadkill. are they 'omnivores?' nope.

8. The Native Americans Hunted, are you going to say they should not have (not at all, they died over a century ago)

9. Tree hugger/hippy fag/fucktard bunny hugger (yea, very 'intelligent' you want to run that 'humans are smarter for eating meat' myth by me again?)

10. I only hunt for food. that makes it ok (and hannibal lector ate humans. so?)