It seems we all get upset about killing animals if they're cute....like dolphins. You've heard the stories about people getting upset when dolphins are caught in tuna nets, but no one cares about the 10,000 dead tuna on the same boat. Little ugly tunas, one on top of the other, screaming for help, "Hey, someone get this crate off my eye!" No one seems to be concerned. Their fate is to be crammed into a can the size of a hockey puck.
Dolphins are cute. They have great round, smiling faces, friendly eyes and a bald head....they look like me! :) You can't slaughter anything that looks like they might show up at your house for dinner.
We're outraged when other cultures eat animals we don't. "They eat dogs? That's disgusting! What savages! How can someone eat a dog?"
We eat chicken.... "Let's cut it up, put it in a bucket and we'll eat it in the car." They're not cute. They have that weird, triangle-on-the-head thing going on....they're ugly!
Kitties are adorable, but lobsters? "Boil that one alive--it'll teach him a lesson!"
People get really upset if you're caught wearing a mink coat, but show up in a double-breasted weasel jacket, and all is well with the world.
We have so many rodents roaming around our place. Last year, I caught a gopher in a window well. I admit, my timing wasn't great in killing this thing. I grabbed a shovel from the shed, walked over to the window, raised the shovel, then came down with it over the little beast's neck. I pinned him to the ground and watched the thing squirm until his time on earth expired. Why was my timing bad???? Well, all my children were outside playing and curious about what dad was doing. Hmmmmmm....... What horror! "Dad! What are you doing?" The shreeking and moaning began. Oooops! I guess some things you learn with experience. Perhaps if I made a hat out of him, all would have been good. Who knows?!
A few months ago, I heard a mouse chewing on the insulation in my walls. I followed the sound to the laundry room. I flipped on the light and saw insulation falling on top of the dryer from the ceiling fan above it. I smiled at the thought of my next action. The mouse continued to chew. I reached over and flipped on the switch that activated the fan. The sound that followed was like a blender chopping ice cubes. Do you remember a similar scene in the Gremlins? Once again, chalk this one up to experience.....that probably wasn't the best idea. "What will the mess be like up there?" Well, I pulled the cover off the fan the next day, and couldn't find anything. I think the dirty, little bugger survived!
We continue to hear the sounds in our walls at night. More insulation is dropping from the ceiling fan in the laundry room......I think they think they have won the battle. This is not over! The body count will be high. I might even have enough to knit a sweater.
Dolphins are cute. They have great round, smiling faces, friendly eyes and a bald head....they look like me! :) You can't slaughter anything that looks like they might show up at your house for dinner.
We're outraged when other cultures eat animals we don't. "They eat dogs? That's disgusting! What savages! How can someone eat a dog?"
We eat chicken.... "Let's cut it up, put it in a bucket and we'll eat it in the car." They're not cute. They have that weird, triangle-on-the-head thing going on....they're ugly!
Kitties are adorable, but lobsters? "Boil that one alive--it'll teach him a lesson!"
People get really upset if you're caught wearing a mink coat, but show up in a double-breasted weasel jacket, and all is well with the world.
We have so many rodents roaming around our place. Last year, I caught a gopher in a window well. I admit, my timing wasn't great in killing this thing. I grabbed a shovel from the shed, walked over to the window, raised the shovel, then came down with it over the little beast's neck. I pinned him to the ground and watched the thing squirm until his time on earth expired. Why was my timing bad???? Well, all my children were outside playing and curious about what dad was doing. Hmmmmmm....... What horror! "Dad! What are you doing?" The shreeking and moaning began. Oooops! I guess some things you learn with experience. Perhaps if I made a hat out of him, all would have been good. Who knows?!
A few months ago, I heard a mouse chewing on the insulation in my walls. I followed the sound to the laundry room. I flipped on the light and saw insulation falling on top of the dryer from the ceiling fan above it. I smiled at the thought of my next action. The mouse continued to chew. I reached over and flipped on the switch that activated the fan. The sound that followed was like a blender chopping ice cubes. Do you remember a similar scene in the Gremlins? Once again, chalk this one up to experience.....that probably wasn't the best idea. "What will the mess be like up there?" Well, I pulled the cover off the fan the next day, and couldn't find anything. I think the dirty, little bugger survived!
We continue to hear the sounds in our walls at night. More insulation is dropping from the ceiling fan in the laundry room......I think they think they have won the battle. This is not over! The body count will be high. I might even have enough to knit a sweater.
Why do people kill deer? They're cute? What about rabbits? They're cute? And how about crocodiles, no one ever cares about crocodiles. Even if they're named flippy. Or hambone.
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