ORIGINAL: moosehornhunter
BZONE....Let me make myself very clear..I named this thread It's time to join PETA just to catch everybodies eye. I do not suggest, nor does this thread suggest, that any of us go out and join PETA. Joining PETA would absolutely be the most counter productive move any hunter could make. This thread is about change. This thread is about the future. This thread is about moving foreward and giving both the hunting and non-hunting public what they truely want, and i firmly believe , although it is not my motive, that the hunting community would benefit astronomicaly from this change.
The hunting community would not "benefit" at all from any, and I mean ANY, association with the likes of peta or hsus. When peta put those videos on the internet, they were propagandizing. Those things just don't happen everyday, except maybe on the part of a few sickos. Forget about it.
That leaves peta's other issues: Vivisection (medical experiments on animals), pet abuse, and veganism. Personally, I'm all for vivisection. If the excruciating suffering of 100,000 monkeys every minute could save one person from the pain of arthritis (or any other debilitating, painful disease) then I'm all for it!! Their vegetariansm stance is poinless and will never work...meat consumption is up 20% in the last 6 years...it's a no win situation with them and that's why you don't really see them pursuing it much (compared to "easier" issues, like bear hunting over bait). There are the authorities to deal with pet abuse...you don't need to give your money to peta to stop that.