If someone is killed by a wild animal should it be killed

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Say someone is out in the woods and is killed by a Bear, should the Bear be hunted down and killed?

I heard of a case where this guy used to go fishing at this spot when he was a kid like 60 years ago. He took his son their to fish and now wants to take his grandson. Problem is now there are Bears in the area, so he want a licence to kill all the Bears so he can take his grandson fishing without fear of being attacked.

Yes we have to teach it a lesson 7
No its a wild animal doing what it does 27
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  • IMissMary
    7 years ago

    If you are in the wild, you are on their turf which makes you fair game for a meal.

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    • Burmashave
      7 years ago

      Seeing as it's the law of the jungle the human could also claim its his turf which would make all bears fair game for a nice mantelpiece trophy and a bear rug for the man cave.

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    • AAА
      7 years ago

      A voice of reason, but where do you draw the line?

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      • IMissMary
        7 years ago

        No line to be drawn

        We build in their backyards and on top of their homes ie [they were here before we built that shopping mall, apartment building, house etc]. So basically if you are outside and encounter a Wolf, Bear, Cougar etc. don't blame them, they get hungry and have a right to eat like everything else. They don't have grocery stores and McDonalds to get food, they have to find it, catch it and eat it all by themselves or they starve and die. Animals don't kill for revenge or fun, they kill to protect themselves and survive...this means only when they have too.

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        • Put_name_here
          7 years ago

          So Times Square is fair game. We took that from wolves 400 years ago. In the infinitesimally small chance one manages to get all the way there everyone should just lie down on the ground and wait to be eaten.

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        • LittleGirlRapedAndSodomised#S3
          7 years ago

          I'm not so sure we build in their back yards but it's pretty clear man is the top predator of the food chain with that said I say mankind owns the rights to all lands so long as he's able to conquer it.

          I'd beg to differ that animals don't kill for revenge, take North Sentinel island for example. I don't blame these subhumans for killing those unfortunate enough to wash ashore but how can you consider these animals human beings or do you?

          At what point do you draw the line? I find it perplexing and value your opinion on the North Sentinel, are they animals?

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          • IMissMary
            7 years ago

            Unlike all the other stupid animals on Earth, only Human Beings are out of sync with nature and in fact disrupt nature and the natural order of life. Even germs and viruses that have existed since before man do not destroy all life for the sake of itself.

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            • LittleGirlRapedAndSodomised#S4
              7 years ago

              You've got to understand I'm a bit drunk and have 15 minutes to make a comment as intelligible as possible so you must excuse me in this particular instance IMissMary I'm not as fast as I could be right now.

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          • IMissMary
            7 years ago

            I consider them to be more human than most 'humans' I see on a daily basis. All you know of them is that they will kill anyone who comes to their island. Do you know their social structure, ways of communicating, family structure, etc?

            And if you are not so sure we build in wild animals back yard, what do you think lived on the land you drive down and walk on say 100+ years ago? What do you think lived on the land that your nearest airport currently rests today?

            I'd say those on North Sentinel are some of the last human beings left on Earth. Do they kill outsiders for 'revenge'? Revenge about what? How do you know its revenge?

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        • IMissMary
          7 years ago

          Hunting for fun [sport] should be illegal. Nature can balance itself out just fine without people going in and trying to balance herds. People already have a huge unfair advantage of guns, if you really want to call yourself a hunter, go hunt a animal without the gun and use only what you can find ie stick, rocks etc. The animal has no chance at a fair fight if you can kill it at 100yards with a gun, thats a cowardly kill imo.

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  • AbnormallyAwesome
    7 years ago

    It's a complex issue. The only time the killing makes sense is when an animal has lost its fear of humans. But the guy in your story is a total moron.

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  • charli.m
    7 years ago

    I believe the reasoning is that it may kill again...but I don't feel comfortable with it. Humans being killed is obviously an awful thing, but we have limited animals habitat, and then we go and push INTO that habitat that remains and disrupt them...

    We're idiot jerks, sometimes.

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    • LittleGirlRapedAndSodomised#S3
      7 years ago

      I think this guy's talking about Darwin and how humans like all creatures came from the ocean and evolved and to respect the fish in the water kill the animals on land but also respect the animals that are unjustly put in prison/captivity to be rewarded justly .

      We've talked about land and sea but what about air? What if a pterodactyl swooped down and stuck you and your mother with his talon's how'd that make you feel?

      Would you expect the living to kill your killer? Doesn't the bird fly? Not all of them, dodo bird is extinct but what about a sparrow? Can you fly?

      What makes you more worthy of living to that of a bird that flies? Would you like to talk about INSEX now charli.m?

      Don't tell me you're pissed about what I said when I asked what the age your grandmothers dirt is when I asked your mom approximately when she was going to die aswell.

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  • Tealights
    7 years ago

    What the fuck?! No!!!

    "I know this is the bears natural habitat and all, and I am fishing in their source of food and water with my five year old grandson, but like can I shoot any in the area so I can have this spot to myself from all the bears???" Does this make any fucking sense? No.

    Nature is scary and unpredictable, it's why we take precautions and stay vigilant, going out there is at our own risk. If you know an area is known for having bears, find a safer place to fish or learn what to do in a dangerous situations before you go out.

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  • mysistersshadow
    7 years ago

    Nope. Its stupid to kill animals for being animals. If ppl don't want to be killed by them they should stay away from them.

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  • college
    7 years ago

    Well, if an animal killed a human in the wild, I'd be more interested in why a human was in the wild near that animal in the first place. We've mightily screwed wild animals over so I'm hard pressed to say we should kill a wild animal for killing a human in the wild. However, if the person was someone I care about, then all rational aside, the animal is fucking dead.

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    • Put_name_here
      7 years ago

      A New Jerseyan got killed by a bear in the suburbs of New York City a few years ago and all he did was take a picture and walk away (then he ran when it followed). We cannot move all the middle suburbs into the inner suburbs and city.

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  • RoseIsabella
    7 years ago

    I'd kill a wild animal to protect myself or my loved ones. Hell, I'd kill a gator for the sake of a random duck!

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  • walkingdildo
    7 years ago

    But seriously, if you go into the wild, and you are killed by a wild animal, people should just hold a funeral, mourn you, and learn not to go out into the wild like you did.

    There is no gain in going out and killing that animal. Any animal which has the capacity to kill a human, might do. In which case the argument could be made for just going out and killing all wild animals that might kill a person in future. And that's ridiculous.

    We should just accept that the wild is, well, a wild place and that we are not the only dangerous predators in the world. For the most part, humans have made it clear what is "their" land, it's buildings and fields. Beyond these bounds, humans should not expect special treatment.

    I may be biased, as I am a pagan and if I was stupid enough to be killed by a wild animal, I'd hate to see that perfectly entitled wild animal shot just because it killed me. It doesn't have the capacity for reason like a human does.

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  • walkingdildo
    7 years ago

    If you shoot and kill it, what lesson exactly has it learnt? It's dead.

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    • Burmashave
      7 years ago

      The gangsta friends of the bear hiding behind trees and rocks will see that their homey bear has been shot, so they'll think to themselves 'Shit, I better not attack and eat anymore humans or I will be shot too'. That's what's meant by 'teach it a lesson'.

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    • Put_name_here
      7 years ago

      Many large predator species (like black bears) do not usually injure or kill humans when they have the chance. The deviants of those species need to be killed because a human life is worth more than an animal life. Animal abuse is still wrong.

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      • walkingdildo
        7 years ago

        You missed the point.

        "should the Bear be hunted down and killed?"

        "yes, we have to teach it a lesson."

        If you've killed it, no lesson is learnt. It is humans who should learn the lesson anyway, dead bears learn no lessons.

        Actually, a grizzly would nearly always try and kill a human if it felt threatened by one. Yes, a bear would not seek out and kill a human so your point is moot. However, when a human is killed by a bear, there is a good reason why, such as getting too close to a cub.

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        • Put_name_here
          7 years ago

          Obviously. Most animals would do that. Even much smaller animals like rats will fight men hard if cornered cause they think you want to eat them. You chose the most aggressive temperate bear to be example. I think it goes Grizzly > Brown bear > Black bear. At least in North America, it might be one of the more aggressive species. Many people still see grizzlies without either being hurt. And if you do something stupid like shoot them, of course they hurt you if they can (which is probably most of the time). But they run away if you spray bear spray in their eyes. They're smart enough to realize only your sensitive nose etc. burns and it can't go as far as bullets so he probably can't keep shooting you till you die if you run. Also, grizzly bear mothers are cowards. Be glad that your kids are much better armed than a mouseling or a puppy and just watch the human and call them to come to you or go to them without being a pussy. If the human's not an idiot he's not going to hurt a bear that could bite his head off. So just circle around. And stop being so far from your kids if you're such a pussy about things in between you. Or are you one of those entitled impatient bitches that goes through humans to get to the cubs 1 second faster because you're the king? It's the human's fault (unless he didn't know the bears are there) but he's not wrong to try to stop it cause he doesn't have anything less painful that'll work available and he's a human. (like a tranquilizer dart that can stop a grizzly in 1 second. Is that even possible?). Okay, there's some assholes that'd deserve it. Hitler, serial killers.. It's a very karmic removal of stupidity from the gene pool if the guy being attacked likes hunting and tormenting cubs. But this is about people who are not bad enough to deserve it being attacked by entitled mother bears.

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  • Birdprince
    7 years ago

    carnivores need to eat, and if they so happen to encounter a human on THEIR land, (which is basically the moment you step outside of your house) you're free game.

    the animal should not be killed for wanting to feed itself or family, it would be like some foreign alien species coming down to us and killing every human who kills a cow.

    of course if the animal had some sort of sickness such as rabies that made it purposely seek out humans or surplus killing, then yes i think that would be the only justified reason.

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  • _Mehhh_
    7 years ago

    Nope.

    Animals kill because it's survival. Also in most cases animals will only attack people when provoked, or when there is a percieved threat.

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  • Smokey1D
    7 years ago

    So what about the bullfighter who got gored to death yesterday? Should they kill the bull? No - of course not. Same goes for wild animals in their habitat.

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    • IMissMary
      7 years ago

      Score one for the bulls

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      • Put_name_here
        7 years ago

        Score one for the human gene pool!

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        • IMissMary
          7 years ago

          Not!

          The human gene pool is a cesspool of sewage

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          • Put_name_here
            7 years ago

            How not? Just because the human race is billions doesn't mean it didn't get slightly less stupid then. A guy who likes to torture bulls for fun and has been gored many times (look at Wikipedia) and still does it. Seems like an improvement to me.

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  • Goku19
    7 years ago

    I will not seek revenge as these animals are called wild or carnivores for a reason BUT if a person is alive and stuck by animals then I will kill them to save human life.

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  • NeilYounger
    7 years ago

    The title question you ask is completely different from the text of your post. At first you ask if a wild animal should be killed if it kills someone. Then your post goes on to explain that the killing of these wild animals should be done as a preventive measure. So what are you asking? You present two questions here. Very confusing. I vote you delete this post and rewrite it. Get it together why don't you. :-(

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    • LittleGirlRapedAndSodomised#S2
      7 years ago

      Yeah, but it was kinda funny. I voted "Teach it a lesson"

      When someone does this next time think of the op like this...

      "If someone is killed by a wild animal should it be killed?"

      (YES) -disregard- we have to teach it a lesson -disregard-
      (NO) -disregard- its a wild animal doing what it -disregard-

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  • Couman
    7 years ago

    It depends. Like if a mother bear kills someone because they were an idiot and got to close to her cub. No problem. If on the other hand a bear shows signs that they are actively seeking out humans and one of these encounters turns deadly, then I'd say the bear is unfortunately too dangerous to live.

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