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Originally Posted by Russic
I guess I'll be the first one to speak up and say that I hate killing gophers. I have to phrase it that way because I do shoot them. My parents have land outside the city that the gophers will just decimate if you don't keep the population down. There are many animals around that scavenge so we don't like using poison and relocation ... well ... you tell a farmer that you'd like to release 200 gophers on or near his land and see how long it takes you before he's hunting you.
I always feel bad for them. It's not as if they are doing anything to bother me on purpose, they're just being gophers. Still, I'll be out there in a few weeks with the old gun and a whole lot of guilt! I've tried like hell, but I just can't get enjoyment out of ending the life of an animal. I personally don't see the big difference between a gopher, house cat or a dog when it comes to the value of life.
I'm far from a PETA activist ... If I could find a way to eliminate my need for vegetables and replace it with a larger serving a meat I absolutely would. Yes I have guilt over this too, just not enough to stop eating it.
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Perhaps if you were to skin, gut and quarter the little buggers and take 'em home for the wife to cook there'd be less guilt tripping?
