Thread: Animal rights activists.. <insert long string of foul language here>

This reminds me of "no cure for cancer" by Dennis Leary...

Life can suck and the further down the food chain you are the more its likely to.

Originally Posted by drsch3

Life can suck and the further down the food chain you are the more its likely to.

Exactly. And I didn't make it to the top of the food chain only to become a vegetarian.

Sorry to disillusion you, but you're not at the top of the food chain. The polar bear is. Just because you're crafty enough to turn almost anything into a food source doesn't mean you're on top. You still need to eat a large amount of vegetable matter in your diet.

Now the polar bear ... this is not only a predator like other predators. This is an animal, a mamal at that, which actually feeds on other predators; seals primarily. He really is at the top of the food chain. Even the lion only eats herbivores ... or bits of my friend Gemma. (ouch, harsh)

I go now to research crutching and the like and reinforce my lifestyle choice as a vegetarian. I'm sure I won't like it either, but if I had to, I'd compomise. I don't have to compromise my principles today. *whew*

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I know it wouldn't be too long before you joined in this one x.

I'm a non practicing vegetarian ......

Our family eats red meat maybe once a month. Chicken and fish more often. To me it's not so much about the cruelty to animals but the impact that raising, feeding, processing and transporting lamb and beef has on our environment.

Just my green 2c worth

Originally Posted by xman

Sorry to disilusion you, but you're not at the top of the food chain. The polar bear is. Just because you're crafty enough to turn almost anything into a food source doesn't mean you're on top. You still need to eat a large amount of vegetable matter in your diet.

Now the polar bear ... this is not only a predator like other predators. This is an animal, a mammal at that, which actually feeds on other predators; seals primarily. He really is at the top of the food chain. Even the lion only eats herbivores ... or bits of my friend Gemma. (ouch, harsh)

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Hey! Now there is an idea... feed the activist to the ploarbear in 5 yesrs time

Originally Posted by Lancer

Hey! Now there is an idea... feed the activist to the ploarbear in 5 yesrs time

They actually grow faster than that and would be quite dangerous to be around within three years time. I saw a doc on these two twin polar bears whose mother had died or something. They were raised by hand until they were about two or so and one of them almost injured their care giver during feeding time simply because they were afraid she would take the bottle away. Needless to say, they were without direct human contact shortly after that. I wonder how such animals fare when returned to the wild. Must be tough not having Mom to show you how to catch seals. That's likely why they intend to keep this little guy in a zoo. (isn't he adorable?) Good thing we have modern zoos, eh?

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Does anyone know how Polar Bears taste? I know Black Bear is very good in sausages and stews, but I think Polar Bear might have a more gamey flavor due to diet. I've also heard repeatedly that Grizzlies and Alaksan Browns are usually very badly flavored because of all the long-dead crap they eat.

"Vegetarian" is the ancient Indian word for "Bad Hunter".

Originally Posted by xman

I wonder how such animals fare when returned to the wild. Must be tough not having Mom to show you how to catch seals. That's likely why they intend to keep this little guy in a zoo. (isn't he adorable?)

Any wild animal raised by humans is likely to have a short life and meet an untimely end in the wild. Even animals that don't have the disadvantage of human tutelage often fail to reach maturity because nature doesn't play favorites and doesn't forgive mistakes and virtually every living thing eats other living things in order to survive, so life and death is all just part of the daily routine.