Very Disturbing...

What goes around comes around.

That's absolutely horrible... how is it the rattlesnakes' fault that rachers' cattle are taking over their habitat? Leave it to Texans to make an event out of killing a whole bunch of innocent things... this PETA member is pissed.

Stoopid Americans.....not saying ALL americans are stoopid, but sorry, only in america would you find people stupid enough to enjoy that sick and twisted event....damn lets do a texan round up and beheading

Canadians are the ones who murder thousands and thousands of baby harp seals every year by clubbing them to death... they're quite possibly the most defenseless animals *ever*. That doesn't make much sense either, eh?

http://www.harpseals.org/gallery/mpe...llowjacket.jpg

Let's try not to make this a Canada vs US issue.

Here's a link I found on harp seal hunting:
http://www.iht.com/articles/513339.html

In my opinion, the revival of the hunt is motivated by cod. Newfoundland used to be completely dependent on its cod fisheries and was economically devastated in the early 90's by the moratorium. The federal government is probably allowing the hunting based on providing jobs for Newfoundlanders, and to help the recovery of cod stocks.

Personally, I'm not as averse to the death of the rattlers themselves as I am the spectacle made of the process. It essentially glorifies the killing of snakes in general, as many of the audience would probably have trouble distinguishing western diamondbacks from other snake species in the wild. I do regret the loss of the rattlers' lives, but as long as they're not endangered it's bound to happen when people and wildlife come to odds. You can't do much about human overpopulation, unless you want to become a mass murderer. My theory is eventually we'll pollute ourselves so much and lead such unhealthy lifestyles that our fertility rates will be low enough for our numbers to plane out (As it is today, males average about half the sperm count of their grandfathers). I just hope we haven't wiped out all animal life on the planet by that point.

lol MJ. PWNED!!!

Bunching America together with some texan rednecks who get a rise out of killing rattlesnakes is exactly like bunching all of Canada with seal clubbers.

Let's not turn this thread into some political battle.

I really should not go to these sites....
I am just speachless...

Plagued by rodents now, hmmmm, I'm still waiting on that one. I've live in texas all my life, and never have seen a shortage of rattlesnakes anywhere i've been. The roundup is making use of a natural resource that we have and using it to make a profit. It is in no way trying to show that snakes are evil or immoral or whatever you think is being portrayed. You could compare the roundup to any innumerable other things happening in this world, most of which are much worse. For all you Peta members, I'm surprised that you could consider owning an undomesticated animal as remotely ethical, I would think you would say it is meant to be wild, so how could you tame it. so step down from you're high and mightly little perch and look at your own practices towards animals and see if they the most ethical, I'm sure I could find faults under your requirements for ethical treatment. Well, unless maybe you're a true vegan, but i doubt that. As for this ranch raised guy, I'll stick to my ways. I'll keep hunting, fishing, and if I really want to, I'll drive on up to sweetwater and attend the roundup and show that its not a fear, It's economics. The rest of y'all can keep you're left wing liberal ethics, and I'll keep in mind that I live in free country, and I'll enjoy my freedoms....you can enjoy your's too, thats why its called America. All that I really ask is you don't look down your nose at everyone else, and impose your views on them.

Spoken like a true texan...

I don't think we have many hardcore liberal peta members here, however this site is a reptile site. Meaning we have a lot of snake lovers. Which is why we don't really like the thought that some farmers get a kick out o slaughtering rattlers just so they can have some fun. I'm sure people would cry a freaking river if we were killing dogs or cats. Truthfully, what's the difference besides personal feelings.

The fact that you called us left wing liberals is pretty condescending if you ask me. But then again:

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All that I really ask is you don't look down your nose at everyone else, and impose your views on them.

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Yeeeeehaw!

EDIT: I love your aim screen name.

Well said, Godfather!