OT: Farm Sanctuary & hunters

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, " Tom " <

antipreophogistiii>

wrote:

> The Farm Sanctuary website (www.farmsanctuary.org) gives this

> description of their NY farm:

> " Our 175-acre New York farm is set amidst rolling green hills and

> forests in the Finger Lakes Region of upstate New York. We are

> located next door to Sugar Hill State Forest, just west of Watkins

> Glen. It is a 45-minute drive west of Ithaca and a 1½-hour drive

> southeast of Rochester. " And there are driving directions at

> http://www.farmsanctuary.org/visit/ny_directions.htm.

 

~ Thank you for that link. i will show it to my Mom

when she is here. It isn't all that far from where

i grew up in NY; maybe only a 2 hour drive.

 

 

> I've have sometimes noticed that many hunters and fishing people

> feel a deep connection with the animals they kill for food -

> certainly more than those who simply eat lots of hamburgers without

> a thought of where it comes from. Our local animal rights group has

> attracted what seems to me to be a disproportionate number of

> hunters - and picture that and the inevitable discord, vegans and

> hunters trying to find common ground, but it often works out. Some

> hunters eat more like an indigenous diet which is naturally much

> less meat than the standard American diet. And hunters can be some

> of the most vocal critics of what they do in factory farms and

those

> monstrous slaughterhouses....

 

~ Yes, i can certanly respect that, too. i know my

Mom's husband feels he has to hunt for a deer

each year to add to their food supply for during

the winter months... same thing with his fishing.

People hunting is, to me, way better than factory

farming as far as humane goes. That is people who

hunt for food and not just for the trophy.

i think it is cool your animal rights group has such

a mix of people involved.

 

~ pt ~

 

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