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Quote: Renegade Carpark @ March 7 2012, 12:40 PM GMT

Seriously, Polar Bears are killers and have no problems attacking humans.

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An animals attacking a hoomans? For realz? And then by the Word Of God! (not quotable) we shall kill every animal that is capable of this crime that I um mention at the start. Not kittens though cuz dey is fluffable!

By the way I'm am not against or for, or have any opinion on this polar bear as I have not seen/read anything beyond the R.C line I quoted.

"Seriously, foxes are vermin" "Seriously, elephants are dangerous" "Seriously, AIDS infected starving African Kids are monsters"

KILL 'EM ALL!!!! (with fire)

Quote: DaButt @ March 7 2012, 1:18 PM GMT

First, someone will have to prove that the law legalizing the hunt was unjust.

We live in free societies. Change need to be accomplished at the ballot box, not via bullying.

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Oh I agree picking on this one odious woman is wrong.

But you said the hunt was legal and ergo ok.

Quote: Renegade Carpark @ March 7 2012, 1:01 PM GMT

And yes, even though I live six thousand miles away and have no idea or concept behind living in the wilderness or managing animal populations, polar bears are cute, like in Disney films, so I will spend weeks harrassing you and calling for your execution!

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Well I actually hunted down a fairly sympathetic article on her.

And she came across poorly to me. Harrasing her is wrong opposing her hobby isn't.

There's no mention of it being for population control.

Quote: sootyj @ March 7 2012, 1:25 PM GMT

There's no mention of it being for population control.

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She hunted it in Canada. Here's what the Canadian government has to say:

In Canada the hunting and harvest of polar bears is restricted to Aboriginal people or sport hunters guided by Aboriginal people who harvest by traditional means and in accordance with sound conservation practices based on the best available scientific data.

The management of the harvest in Canada is consistent with the 1973 International Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears. Responsible jurisdictions manage the polar bear harvest to ensure the sustainability of polar bear populations.

Quotas are set that take into account recommendations from federal provincial and territorial scientists, university specialists as well as United States researchers based in Alaska. All quotas are met with an exceptionally high level of compliance. Problem or nuisance polar bears that must be dispatched in the interest of safety and bears hunted by tourists are all accommodated within these quotas.

I just read that these hunts generate $75,000 per animal. I imagine the natives are happy to have the extra money in their fur-lined pockets because ice cube farming isn't the lucrative business that it once was.

http://www.ec.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&xml=9FAB1921-CE0F-4B9A-90CE-B4ED209842DF

I wish they'd stop calling it harvesting.

Creates images of Eskimoes on tractors chasing Yogi.

Quote: sootyj @ March 7 2012, 1:52 PM GMT

I wish they'd stop calling it harvesting.

Creates images of Eskimoes on tractors chasing Yogi.

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'Harvest' sounds more wholesome than 'slaughter'.

Murder.

Quote: DaButt @ March 7 2012, 12:47 PM GMT

let's face it, killing a human child is a wee bit worse than killing a polar bear.

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Is it ecologically?

There's 7 billion people on this world, how many polar bears are there and how many should there be in a balanced economy that had a reasonable number of humans, say 1 billion.

Quote: Lee @ March 7 2012, 1:19 PM GMT

An animals attacking a hoomans? For realz? And then by the Word Of God! (not quotable) we shall kill every animal that is capable of this crime that I um mention at the start. Not kittens though cuz dey is fluffable!

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I threw that in because some people who know nothing about animals (except that they love them - awww) may not realise just how dangerous polar bears are. People, are on the whole, pretty thick.

Quote: sootyj @ March 7 2012, 1:59 PM GMT

Murder.

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Way to tackle an issue without resorting to emotive tactics. Well played sir.

Well if she paid 75,000 bucks, why didn't she just slip on a strap on and f**k it up it's furry asshole?

Quote: billwill @ March 7 2012, 2:01 PM GMT

Is it ecologically?

There's 7 billion people on this world

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Well, I think it would be a problem if every single human on the planet wanted to kill a polar bear. If they did, then we'd set up polar bear farms, like we do with chickens, cows, sheep, pigs, etc.

There is a quantifiable scale between which animals we favour to consume and the amount of time and money invested in their continual survival.

Quote: Renegade Carpark @ March 7 2012, 2:05 PM GMT

Well, I think it would be a problem if every single human on the planet wanted to kill a polar bear. If they did, then we'd set up polar bear farms, like we do with chickens, cows, sheep, pigs, etc.

There is a quantifiable scale between which animals we favour to consume and the amount of time and money invested in their continual survival.

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You totally missed the point.

Quote: billwill @ March 7 2012, 2:11 PM GMT

You totally missed the point.

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As always.

Were you comparing culling polar bears with human abortions? Because that's a contentious topic I'd like to avoid.

Quote: Renegade Carpark @ March 7 2012, 2:12 PM GMT

As always.

Were you comparing culling polar bears with human abortions? Because that's a contentious topic I'd like to avoid.

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Nope I was simply saying that there are too many humans on this planet for it to be a balanced ecology and despite th quota set by Canadian Govmt, there are probably too few polar bears to be a balanced ecology, so (harsh though it might sound), to correct the ecology, human children are not as valuable as polar bears.

So: "let's face it, killing a human child is a wee bit worse than killing a polar bear." is ecologically wrong.

If "population control" is OK for polar bears why is it not OK for human beans.

I agree with BillWill.

I'm going to kill some people and then donate money to Oxfam.

How many humans should I off?

How much money should I donate?

Quote: billwill @ March 7 2012, 2:32 PM GMT

<devils advocate mode>
If "population control" is OK for polar bears why is it not OK for human beans.

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Depends where you are - China thinks it's OK