Never be silent!!

Posted by cowpuncher
wgamador2: Ever had an outbreak of rabies in your area, and nearly been bitten by a rabid skunk? My sister and I nearly were, but luckily I had a great beagle at the time that ran the skunk away from us, and mom had a 22 rifle handy just inside the door. She's also a crack shot. It took 6 shots to the head to stop that rabid skunk. That's what happens when you don't control populations of some of these animals.
Other diseases that end up taking their toll are things like mange, which decimated quite a few fox populations at various times.
I wholeheartedly agree that animal cruelty is wrong. The problem is activists who try to twist the meaning of that to make things like hunting, and wildlife management, to define them as cruel.
I can hold high to compensate my shot with a 22 rifle, and consistently hit golf balls at 100 yards. I've done it at 150 yards before as well. When an animal is in my sights, it gets a quick end that is much faster and much less painful than any end it would see otherwise. With a .223 double that range on the same shot, and understand that I can hold that shot to a dinner-plate sized circle or smaller out to 400 yards with my .223, .270, .30-06, etc. That's the size of the vital area on a deer, so that's the distance I can quickly and cleanly kill that animal.
What is your definition of animal cruelty?