[JDW11235]

Wow, I have had some internet issues this evening, and was only able to read the article, but not watch the video. I just got done watching the video. As another FReeper, Huck, mentioned, “Bottom line: It’s a dirty, wicked world.” I know it’s been around since forever (mental health disease/cruelty/torture in general), but seriously, I don’t understand what switch is flipped in people that says it’s “fun,” “ok,” or whatever to torture an animal, some people have no shame. I’m not a fan of industrial animal processing methods in the first place, which is part of why I choose to raise my own.

[Smokin' Joe]

A significant part of our diet when I was young came from wild game. Wounding an animal and not recovering it was considered poor shooting/judgement and pretty darned low, but to intentionally cause one to suffer was unconscionable. I guess when you have had to skin your dinner, you earn a respect for life and the critters who feed you, even as you thank the God who made 'em for dinner.

Our view with wild game has been that they're His critters, and He lets us harvest them as we need to, but to wantonly waste them is an affront to the Creator.