animal rights

Here is an email I wrote to an enviro-wacko from a real activist (me) that works in the field and not from the comfort of his own little studio. He had claimed that all hunters are, basically, evil:

Once again the state of Montana, along with Yellowstone National Park, are killing bison migrating out of Yellowstone National Park. The slaughter of Yellowstone’s bison is represented as a disease contamination program, but it is really a sham. If disease control were the issue, we wouldn’t be killing bison. The more you know about the brucellosis-bison issue, the angrier you get.

Personally, I have always found euthanasia a cheap way out of our responsibility to that which we domesticate. Dominion indeed! 'What do humans do with what is left under our stewardship,' is far more constructive question to ask ourselves than is, 'Are we okay morally if we just kill it all?' This supposes for a moment that there is a modicum of validity to 'thou shalt have dominion..' - I know it's a stretch but ya gotta speak the language of the deluded sometimes.