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RE: Canada TV personality Steve Ecklund Kills Cougar And Brags About It
This man is killing because he wants to kill. It would be ideal to not kill animals in order to eat, but NO NEED to kill for fun. How is it fun??? where is the pleasure?
It would be ideal if our creator (or evolution) hadn't developed us into Biomass consuming entities that roam the lands digesting the lifeforms of the Earth...
But as it stands, everything that's alive kills something else to survive. Fucking Nature...
We could, maybe, eat less meat than we do, being omnivores...
"https://sciencing.com/being-vegetarian-conserve-overall-energy-trophic-levels-3342.html"
I'm not sure how you'd know that he does it for fun, but if that's true, I somewhat agree that it's wrong.
I say somewhat because I feel that not so deep within our genetics in what we could call our "primal instincts" lies a pleasure/ reward system for a successful hunt, particularly in men, as we didn't really have much choice but to hunt for our own food not so long in the distant past. It could just be that he's happy to have provided meat for his family, fulfilling one of his primal roles as the man of the family, which I'm fine with.
If, however, he does it because he simply has a thirst for killing animals, then it's a problem, as that's not only disrespectful to life (of which we should all be grateful for and aim to protect in others) but rather concerning regarding his psychology (enjoying things like killing is a good indicator of psychopathy and other mental disorders that may pose threat to others).
Motive is EVERYTHING and I don't think it's right to assume motive. I completely support the "innocent until proven guilty" approach to judging others, as I have direct experience with how unfair it is to be looked down on for something I didn't do.
If he had a hungry family to feed he wouldn't have taken this picture.
Is he sad that he had to kill another animal in order to eat? doesn't look like it to me. Not everyone feels sad to eat meat, no need.
Maybe just not being so happy next to this wonderful, but now dead, animal would do for me.
But you're missing a point that I made in my first post. If you eat meat, you indirectly contribute to the death of that animal, because you are part of the demand that is bringing in future supply of meat. Do people that eat meat cry from sadness that the animal was killed in order for them to eat it? No. They smile and share jokes with their friends and family around the dinner table as they wipe the blood off their mouths with a napkin.
Do you not see the hypocrisy?
The only difference here is that this man provided it for himself (and his family) instead of having someone else do the killing and butchering.
It's analogous to choosing between murdering someone yourself or hiring a hitman to do it. Either way, you're contributing to a murder.
Yes, that is something to think about.