Got it in one. I don't shoot young ones unless its a complete pest control job. But that's only because I'd have no use for them.Originally posted by swamprat
There seems to be a lot of fuss at the moment about whether to kill young bunnies or not. As has been pointed out, they're not really children. Just cause they're cute shouldn't make any difference. You could end up having a policy whereby you only shoot the ugly ones, or the guilty ones, or the ones with spots...
They're animals. That's it, end of story. They don't have life stories or emotions or grieving next of kin.
When I got into this game I had to think long and hard about whether I could really kill a living creature - it goes against the Disney education I've had in life. Then I realised that the Disney education was a fraud. That's why we have a hypocritical society that weeps over the killing of foxes and the culling of hedgehogs whilst eating their bacon sandwiches.
Everything on this planet was meant to either eat, or be eaten. Death and killing is all part of nature.
The only justification I can think of for not shooting baby bunnies is because you want to leave them to get bigger before you kill them for the pot, and that's a rational, not an emotional decision.
Any other reason is born of the same kind of sentimentality that breeds antis. You don't want to go down that road.
Young uns from pest control jobs are ferret food, but theres no point shooting a little one if its not doing any damage- wait till its bigger.