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pipoman

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43. Indigenous people

Wed Mar 20, 2013, 09:15 PM

Mar 2013

have harvested polar bears for thousands of years, so no, I don't agree that, "Killing a polar bear at any time is wrong."...any more than hunting any other animal for meat is wrong. Millionaires flying in from Houston to shoot a polar bear, not so much..

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Hunter carries orphaned polar bear cub home on snowmachine [View all] Arctic Dave Mar 2013 OP

Cool, the cub can grow up so that Tazruk can kill it. Luminous Animal Mar 2013 #1

yes, otherwise they wouldn't have killed it. And the man said it was too bad it was a momma bear KittyWampus Mar 2013 #3

Cute Kitty. I grew up in a farmer hunter community of 2000. Nobody shot a bear because Luminous Animal Mar 2013 #6

I tried bear meat once up in Humboldt County, CA. Webster Green Mar 2013 #30

Yes, they do eat them. Arctic Dave Mar 2013 #4

Well there you go. They saved the cub so the cub can grow into a big bear Luminous Animal Mar 2013 #8

Who knows, maybe the bear will grow up to eat the hunter. Arctic Dave Mar 2013 #10

True. And that happens ALL the time. Luminous Animal Mar 2013 #12

People are mauled every year in Alaska. Arctic Dave Mar 2013 #14

Oddly enough, As a San Franciscan, I am good friends with 5 people who grew Luminous Animal Mar 2013 #15

That is probably a correct percentage. Arctic Dave Mar 2013 #16

Given my sense of humor, I'd prefer pig death over bear death... Luminous Animal Mar 2013 #24

I would think the Death by Pig would be a little more painful. Arctic Dave Mar 2013 #25

Hmmm. I'm wondering. Do pigs, due to the lack of killing tools... Luminous Animal Mar 2013 #29

I think it goes something like this. Arctic Dave Mar 2013 #32

Glad hunters took time to bring cub back. KittyWampus Mar 2013 #2

Yeah. It was unfortunate but he did the right thing by Arctic Dave Mar 2013 #5

Is it better to die young and free or old and captive? pipoman Mar 2013 #7

Either way you're dead. Arctic Dave Mar 2013 #9

One just takes much longer..do captive polar bears have quality of life? pipoman Mar 2013 #18

The same question could be asked for you and I. Arctic Dave Mar 2013 #22

I keep my daughter healthy. She's 23 years old and I've never let her outside. Luminous Animal Mar 2013 #26

Awesome. Arctic Dave Mar 2013 #31

Twice a day, I take my domesticated polar bear and daughter Luminous Animal Mar 2013 #33

An assortment of fun for both of them. Arctic Dave Mar 2013 #34

zoos have their purposes too liberal_at_heart Mar 2013 #23

Starvation is no way to die liberal_at_heart Mar 2013 #11

Yep. Being shot is dignified. Luminous Animal Mar 2013 #13

Neither is years of torturous treatment by humans.. pipoman Mar 2013 #20

he killed the little cub bear's momma but at least there was a happy ending. bubbayugga Mar 2013 #17

Happy ending for who? Arctic Dave Mar 2013 #19

did you miss the six sarcasm tags? bubbayugga Mar 2013 #27

Actually I suspect Arctic Dave pipoman Mar 2013 #38

It is nature at it's base.. pipoman Mar 2013 #21

It's wrong. Nobody should have legal right to shoot endangered species. bubbayugga Mar 2013 #28

They aren't endangered. pipoman Mar 2013 #36

Polar bears are in serious danger of going extinct due to global warming bubbayugga Mar 2013 #40

There is a distinction between "threatened" and "endangered".. pipoman Mar 2013 #41

"...in serious danger of going extinct" bubbayugga Mar 2013 #42

Indigenous people pipoman Mar 2013 #43

James Tazruk is a piece of shit. Boudica the Lyoness Mar 2013 #35

LOL pipoman Mar 2013 #37

I'm glad you are a vegetarian. Arctic Dave Mar 2013 #39