'Man riding a moose' video under investigation in B.C.

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grainfedpraiboy said:
It's a goddamned moose. I doubt any any human in history ever hurt one with just his bare hands. Most of you hypocrites would think nothing of feeding a mountain goat or even pigeon and squirrels in a park which conservationists say is a form of harassment. How about whale watching? Apparently getting chased in boats by ecotourists is highly stressful. What about catch and release fishing, what the hell is that if not tormenting wildlife?

Humanity torments wildlife from building a highway and cutting an ecosystem in two to capture and release tagging or movement programs to sticking them in a zoo. Hell, if you own a cat and let it out on it's own by extension you are tormenting wildlife. You need to own up to your own shortcomings before you jump on the moral internet bandwagon and try and **** shame others.
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Why so defensive?? Are you the idiot in the video?
 
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JLM said:
Get yourself into a lather why not?
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People are hypocrites and the endless self righteous indignation of city folk pisses me off.

I stand by my statement, jumping on the back of a swimming moose takes balls. It might not be smart, it might not be classy but it is brave.

B00Mer said:
Why so defensive?? Are you the idiot in the video?
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Why so outraged? Are you the idiot who opposes animal testing?
 
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grainfedpraiboy said:
It's a goddamned moose. I doubt any any human in history ever hurt one with just his bare hands. Most of you hypocrites would think nothing of feeding a mountain goat or even pigeon and squirrels in a park which conservationists say is a form of harassment. How about whale watching? Apparently getting chased in boats by ecotourists is highly stressful. What about catch and release fishing, what the hell is that if not tormenting wildlife?
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So now you are using arguments you disagree with to prove your point?

OK, that's logical.
 
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The guy is an idiot of the "here, hold my beer and watch this" variety. It wasn't malicious, just stupid.

I'm sure the moose has forgotten all about it by now. If not, well, it'll give him something to talk about in therapy.
 
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SLM said:
Hey everybody needs an ice breaker story! "Did I ever tell about the time I was crossing a river and some douchebag comes outta nowhere......."

:D
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Poor moose, all his moose buddies'll think he's lying. Ain't no respectable moose gonna believe such a long tale. Sheesh!

See? Victimized again! He's going to need medication, a new less stressful job. He's going to have to renounce his mooseness and take up being a cow. it's not fair. It's just not fair.
 
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grainfedpraiboy said:
I can sit out on my deck and generally nothing is trying to hunt me. That is because I live in a day and age when I sit at the apex of the food chain and anything dangerous to me is killed by me or my neighbours long before it becomes a threat. My ancestors weren't quite so lucky and a lot of killing of predators had to be done before we all got to the point where we could be comfortable enough to question the ethics of our survival.

So fine, here we are, top of the food chain and we now wish to bestow human ethics and values on animals. I think a reasonable case can be made for not deliberately mistreating animals and am certainly not advocating that we should but what is the difference between this guy jumping on a terrified moose and me climbing onto a terrified horse to break? The moose won't drown (that would pretty much be impossible as moose not only swim but also dive to eat vegetation on lake bottoms) and far more horses have died being broke than moose have being rode. If you've every rode then you've in your own way contributed to the same torture. The guy was an idiot because the moose could have killed him. But I wish it were me. I'd also like to try and ride a bear or a muskox for the record and would be pretty damn proud if I ever did. Next year I want to go to up to Tuk to run in a herd and hand wrestle down a caribou before I get too old and feeble, an Inuit tradition. Is that bad too?

As for eating animals let me tell you. When they go to the slaughter house they can smell the death for hours and are terrified. When I take out a cow or moose it comes as a complete surprise and they aren't even aware.

I think this is a waste of resources to find and prosecute the guy.
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for me, it was more the chase in the boat that is the cruelst thing, the guy jumping on the moose is
just plain stupid, he obviously had no idea of his own danger, too bad the moose didn't show him just
how dangerous it was.
 
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