Don't be a hypocrite fellow herpers.

[mainbutter]

When it comes to animals, I am no hypocrite.

I feed people's pets to my snakes. (not their actual pets, but you know, the same species)

I feed people's pets to myself. Anyone here have guinea pigs? They sure are tasty! Also cute and cuddly. I'd love to have one someday, but that wouldn't stop me from ordering it at a Peruvian restaurant.

I've eaten plenty of herps, notably crocodilian meat and frog legs. I'd gladly try snake, and if that meant I had to kill, butcher, and cook the snake myself I'd sure give it a go.

Heck I keep fish and I eat fish all the time.

My point is that just because an animal is a pet doesn't make it "special" in my eyes.

I just disapprove of killing out of anger or irrational fear, which seems to be the case of the ladies with ferrets. Unless they legally harvested the snake for food and ate it themselves, I can't think of a reason I'm okay with them killing it.

I just hope people respect my views as much as I respect theirs. I completely understand emotional connections beyond just to a particular animal, but to the entire group that animal represents. I just hate it when people think I'm evil for eating animals, especially animals they think are cute and cuddly. I'm not evil, I'm just a hunter, a predator, part of nature. I love and respect all the animals in the world, especially because I am one of them.

P.S. I loved your retort to the old ladies BG