Dear Editor,
Re: Should B.C. ban trapping? Sept. 19, Merritt Herald
I have real concerns about the statements made by the Outdoorsman in your Sept. 19 issue.
Firstly, the question was about trapping, not the validity of petition signatures. Also, every signature is valid because those are people concerned about animal welfare, regardless of where they live.
Secondly, his accusation of the fabrication and gross exaggeration of animal activist groups are a cop out. If there is even one picture of a fox who died of thirst, that is one too many. One story of an animal that choked to death is one too many.
Thirdly, any problems we are having with wildlife control are our own fault! We killed the wolves and cougars.
And lastly, calling trapping more “humane” than anything Mother Nature doles out is flat out ridiculous. I don’t remember the video clip of the wolf holding on to the raccoon until it died of thirst. I can’t remember the fox holding on to the squirrel until it chewed its own leg off. They just kill stuff. Then eat it. How is trapping better? More humane in what way?
Lindsay Fehr
Merritt
