cattleluvr18":341lusfq said:
wow thats ssoo sad. no matter how the calf died. i would be scared that whatever killed it would come back b/c if they got one i would think they would be back for more. i would also sit back there and see what all comes up.
and bez how could you watch them eat a deer like that? poor little thing. last year during deer season...we drove back to a hedge row and there was an old barn with cattle panel fence behind it and there was a doe hanging from it. poor gal got her hind feet caught in it somehow. i dont know which is worse, dying hanging from a fence or being eating alive by wolves.
OK - I am about to be a bit hard on you - not mean - just hard.
Why would you say "how sad"?
How can you say - How could you watch"?
It was breath taking!!!
Well, the truth is every time a coyote or wolf or lioness or dingo or hyena pulls down an animal it lives - and it does so by killing and eating.
Deer are pretty but they are prey - and they are eaten while still alive -that is a fact with most predators and prey. Period.
You be glad your ancestors did this - or you would NOT be here today!!
So stop with the stereotypical "oh poor deer" female response and look at it like this - it is the cycle of life.
You will someday - I hope - have some happy and healthy children. In fact I hope you live a rich and full life - but you will only do this by killing - and you had better remember that.
Leather, rubber, metal, composites, meat, grains - all are here today and involve a death of some type - and you will be responsible for those deaths - as will we all. Get over it.
Now I could say I caught a fish and ate it and you would not bat an eye. That is because of one thing and one thing only - fish are slimy and not cute and cuddly in your eyes.
But in reality there IS NO DIFFERENCE!
So time to get with the program and think about life as it truly is.
Your cute kitten is a rabid killer - it kills and eats anything it can get it's puny claws on. But - before it kills it tortures.
You love the kitten and think it is a great pet - then you release it upon those poor unsuspecting birds and mice and rats and snakes - and you have a heart attack when it kills a song bird. But it is doing what it is designed to do - kill, eat, survive.
And you likely will be happy if it kills a snake -but that snake is struggling to survive as well. But it is not cute and cuddly - it is a loathed animal and therefore it is ok to kill it - yet I think differently - it has as much right to live in the food chain as that song bird.
And yet you nurture the cat and house it and love it - you cannot have it both ways young lady. Life will not allow you to do this.
It also needs entertainment - so it tortures and yet you love that kitten.
Time to grow up about life on the farm and life in the bush and life as it really is.
No different in the bush and in the sea where the Killer Whale and the Sperm Whale are at the top of the predator chain - or the Star Fish that kills the oyster at the bottom end of the food chain.
The only difference in your eye is that the deer is cute and cuddly. Well, let me tell you that a deer will kick the living bejesus out of you if you manage to grab on - it may be pretty but it certainly is not cuddly.
You may not like it, but if those wolves could talk I bet you they would tell you they were happy that they were sitting down to a meal.
Look at it from the eye of the predator for a change - they too have the right to live and eat and prolong the life of their species -and they will do this until they are all dead. As will every beast and bug and bird on the planet.
The falcon is majestic - yet it kills with talons and beak - rips the animal or bird to shreds - yet it is beautiful and therefore it is an "ok killer" in most peoples eyes.
Not fair - all predators have the right to kill in my eyes. Even the ugly ones.
And the pretty prey and the ugly prey all have the right to try and live - or die when they fail.
Mother Nature is a wonderful thing - and she is damned cruel about it some times.
Finally remember - everything will die so that something else will live. Even we go into the ground as meat or ashes and we provide nutrients for plants and trees. It is a complete circle that is to be honoured and accepted and perhaps even revered.
Do not loose compassion, but get with the program and realize you are here because animals die for you - that is what we do as farmers and ranchers - we RAISE THEM TO KILL THEM.
Take care,
Bez>