Has this happened to you?

[NekoOtome]

Okay, so yesterday I was watching some animal planet show about when animals attack or something, and this one part came up that involved a puma that attacked a man up in Vancouver. I was watching intently to see what happened, and the guy was all of the sudden like "and then I grabbed my knife and began stabbing at its paws, then slit its throat..." Then they talked about how "the mortally wounded cougar fell to the ground," and then went and showed a friggen picture of the body! I know it was self defense, but I was heartbroken seeing my favorite animal covered in blood on the ground like that. Has anyone else felt the same way if they saw a story that involved their animal being killed?
Post Merge: March 26, 2009, 04:16:20 AM :'(

[Dog Donovan]

Favorite animals are Fox, Wolf, and Dog... And I've seen far too many Wolves and Dogs dying... Period. It almost makes me sad.

[Kit Angel]

Even though it is self defense they shouldn't show it off like some trophy or anything one of mens downfalls is their pride sometimes... it just saddens me

[NekoOtome]

Yeah, me too  :'(. It's very sad to hear about any animal being killed in such a way. Hunting for the heck of it too is just as bad, especially when they broadcast THAT on T.V. I don't know about other satellite channels, but dish network has a whole channel dedicated to sport hunting...

[Vee Katame: His Wolfy]

With me, it doesn't matter if it's my absolute favorite animal.
I love all animals and seeing any of them dead, especially shown as trophies, is an issue with me.
Mounted heads or full bodies of animals bug me.
Seeing pictures or video footage of dead animals saddens me.
It's just wrong.
It's not really done with humans (except for those who are sick in the head) so it shouldn't be done with animals.

[NekoOtome]

I agree there. It hurts seeing any animal shown off like that, my friend and I were at this one convention and we found this one stand that had it all... skins of N. American animals, skulls of various animals, furry clothing articles, and a giant stuffed mountain lion looming over it all... it made us both angry and sick at the same time

[Golge]

the movie 'lord of the flies'

they stabbed a chameleon with a spear, it was an older movie so something tells me it was a real one too.

i was pretty angry

[___]

......It makes me sad to see any animal die, even if it was in self-defence. But then he acts like he did something and shows it off like a trophy? From what it sounds like, this BARLEY made it out alive, so he has no grounds to brag. Sometimes I wonder how the human race got this far.....  

[NekoOtome]

Ya, sometimes I doubt humans so much. As for that guy, he was about seventy years old and made it out with only one eye left. He did almost die, and it was for self defense, but its still saddening that they showed its body and narrated its death.

[TheGreatMilenko]

Cheetahs get shot everyday and you dont see me crying

[Noke]

it makes me so sad, seeing wolves die. i saw an entire site tht was bout the abuse of wolves in alaska and i seriously cried, the people had them tied to sticks and were showing them off and smiling. those kind of people need the same thing done to them as they do to animals

[Dog Donovan]

*Hugs Noke and agrees*

[NekoOtome]

*hugs Donovan and Noke* geez, why do people show stuff like that off?! Wolf and puma hunting methods are both equally horrible there. With mountain lions, the hunters have their dogs tree the poor thing, then they shoot it out and keep shooting it as it tries desperately to get away. Then they take pics of the body hanging up with them smiling and doing the thumbs up

[Noke]

STOP! im gonna cry now just from thinking of it

[NekoOtome]

awwwww sorry *hugs* people are so corrupt nowadays :'(