BANGOR DAILY NEWS • August 29, 2022
I am disappointed this paper recently published articles promoting the hunting of moose and bear. Hunting causes these beautiful animals an agonizing, painful and sometimes slow death. It is cowardly, not a sport, to use dogs, inhumane leg traps or guns to kill these creatures. Sitting in a tree above a feeder, then shooting down to kill is not “sport.” To say that hunting is helping the environment by controlling populations is like saying war is good because it stops human overpopulation. Hunters looking for the “thrill” of the hunt should join the Army and deploy to Iraq for 28 months of combat, like I did. That, my hunting friends, is a fair fight, because the other side is armed, trained and can actually fight back. ~ Charles Mitchell, Belfast