tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760615316039467143.comments2019-08-24T20:41:26.569+02:00Living in SkövdePeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17442993006168460856noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760615316039467143.post-10847293694723444242011-05-24T21:25:09.254+02:002011-05-24T21:25:09.254+02:00Thank you Gabrielle!Thank you Gabrielle!Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17442993006168460856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760615316039467143.post-24448219088423912392011-01-30T18:27:59.463+01:002011-01-30T18:27:59.463+01:00It looks lovely! ...we are slowly getting there ag...It looks lovely! ...we are slowly getting there again! :-)Gabshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10764937655970560454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760615316039467143.post-82870801620554176732010-01-02T00:43:55.215+01:002010-01-02T00:43:55.215+01:00A beautiful post that very well describes a beauti...A beautiful post that very well describes a beautiful day!Gabshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10764937655970560454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760615316039467143.post-32098482511208813692009-10-24T00:00:29.566+02:002009-10-24T00:00:29.566+02:00The above post was sent as letter to the editor, o...The above post was sent as letter to the editor, of the local newspaper SLA. It was written in Swedish, and SLA titled it "The <br />hunting of elk is a cruel and sadistic sport"<br /><br />The translated responses of SLA's readers will be posted here in the form of comments.<br /><br />Wednesday, 21 October 2009<br />Stefan's response was titled "The hunters are important for the animals and the nature"<br />Stefan wrote:<br /><br />The elk hunters are needed. If these people did not exist, who would ensure instead that the elks do not become too many?<br />We can already see a solution that other countries use in order to have enough place for their own populations, which is to get rid of the ones that try to migrate, or shall we plant more wolfs and bears that will take over the job?<br />The hunting itself is not entertainment, the main thing is to be out in the woods and engage in outdoor activities. Shooting a moose, is a bonus from the hunter's point of view, something that does not always happen.<br />The rest of the year the hunter does not sit at home waiting for the hunting season, there are so many other thing to do in the forest, to fish, to pick mushrooms, berries etc. <br />You, who are against hunting, come up with another sensible solution so that we can keep our great variety of fauna and flora.<br />How militarism came into the picture I cannot understand (distorted point of view).<br />If anyone, it's the hunters that look after their dogs, while there are other idiots, who leave their animals to manage entirely by themselves when they get tired of them.<br />Myself, I am not a hunter.<br /><br />Let's start from the end.<br />I never mentioned in my post that the hunters do not look after their dogs. On the contrary I wonder what difference do they see between their dogs and other animals. How can they kill other animals while they adore their dogs? How can they kill and eat other animals but not heir dogs. The dog is considered a delicacy in other cultures.<br /><br />The fact that Stefan is not able to see the relation between militarism and hunting, does not mean that this relation does not exist. Militarism means violence, armed force, disrespect of life, use of weapons, the right of the strongest... Is the relation still not obvious?<br /><br />What the hunters do during the rest of the year does not justify, what they do while hunting, and what they do is killing, is abstracting innocent lives of peaceful, unprotected creatures, who have the absolute right to live.<br />It seems that Stefan - who declares not to be a hunter - closes his eyes at the pictures of hunters with dogs, rifles, walkie-talkies, tracks, camouflage uniforms, boots, binoculars (did anyone mentioned militarism?) etc. All this equipments just to... engage in outdoor activities? Maybe pick mushrooms and berries? These people look like going out to war, and that's exactly what they do. They go out to kill more than 100 000 elks every year.<br />If this is not organised crime!<br /><br />People that demonstrate against the war - any war - do not come with "sensible solution" of how to end the wars. We see something wrong and we complain. We see something wrong and we rise our voices in order to change it. The same stands for the matter of elk population. It is the state's responsibility to work out non violent procedures, to maintain the balance in our beautiful nature, the balance we have destroyed ourselves.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17442993006168460856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760615316039467143.post-83879666575966125242009-10-15T21:39:41.114+02:002009-10-15T21:39:41.114+02:00Thank you for your comment Steffe.
One of the def...Thank you for your comment Steffe.<br /><br />One of the definition of murder is: "To kill brutally or inhumanly".<br />I honestly cannot imagine a hunter making sure that he/she has been seen and heard by the elk before shooting it.<br />Is the abstraction of one or, even worse, of more than 100 000 lives a humanitarian, non brutal action?Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17442993006168460856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760615316039467143.post-23547450455559498622009-10-15T18:47:16.826+02:002009-10-15T18:47:16.826+02:00Murdering sound a bit strong. As far as I understa...Murdering sound a bit strong. As far as I understand (I'm no hunter),100 000 elks are shot every year as a part of the wildlife conservation.Stefan Janssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03542072508543147268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760615316039467143.post-85134999063500317282009-10-13T01:37:34.456+02:002009-10-13T01:37:34.456+02:00That looks and sounds so beautiful, and inviting f...That looks and sounds so beautiful, and inviting for an autumn walk! Thank you for sharing and keep up the good work!Gabshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10764937655970560454noreply@blogger.com