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re: Fatal Error Video - Little Piggy Got Too Greedy on Marshmellows @ Pearl River
Posted on 9/9/14 at 8:25 am to 23parker
Posted on 9/9/14 at 8:25 am to 23parker
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It's not the squeal that I was talking about. I am well aware that the pig would still have squealed like that in a "natural" occurrence. At the same time I am sure there were some people on that tour that did not find this all to awesome. But, who knows?
I am very curious as to exactly what was disturbing about it?
Was it the fact that an animal whose population is booming at an exponential rate, damaging MILLIONS of dollars in habitat each year, was killed by one that brings in MILLIONS of dollars to the state through various avenues?
I am sure there are people that do not find that awesome. There are also men who enjoy to hold other men's peckers in their mouths, and others who prefer women with 4 chins that have
not bathed in 3 years. Doesn't mean we all have to agree. On the OB, I would assume folks would not get disturbed by one wild animal eating another.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 9:13 am to tenfoe
I think your generalization of this story is kinda of disturbing. I would think PETA will chime in on this little video.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 9:18 am to tenfoe
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I am very curious as to exactly what was disturbing about it?
You can see and hear suffering in the animal. Any true outdoorsman worth his weight in corn does not enjoy animal suffering. A decent outdoorsman, even when killing, tries to do so in a way that reduces the suffering in the animal.
Having compassion does not make me feel less manly.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 9:23 am to tenfoe
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I am very curious as to exactly what was disturbing about it?
For me, if you want to control the hog population, shoot it in the head for an instant kill. I have no problem with population control of a nuisance animal.
Baiting it to die slowly at the hands of a gator is pretty sick honestly.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 9:37 am to tenfoe
I am all for killing hogs, and I fully understand the damage that they cause. However, as others have stated, a true outdoorsman should never intentionally bring suffering to an animal, especially for entertainment purposes. I was always taught to go for the most ethical and quickest kill.
Also,
Also,
quote:does not justify what happened in the video. If this is what he has to do to show people the swamp, then his tours probably aren't that good anyway.
The guide's livelihood depends on people paying to get on his boat.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 11:14 am to tenfoe
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I am very curious as to exactly what was disturbing about it?
that the rest of the pigs got away
Posted on 9/9/14 at 12:50 pm to tenfoe
As I've said, I enjoyed watching it, and I instantly sent the video to my dad and my brother. I enjoy it in the same way I enjoy watching my Pygmy nail a mouse then eat it (for which someone called me out for being weird on this board in the other thread). I live down the street from one of the major swamp tour operators. The busloads of tourists are nonstop. Swamp tours are a major tourist attraction for our state, and it focuses on something pretty unique to our state. Despite having toured all of the hotspots and backchannel secret spots on my own in my flat boat, I did one of the swamp tours a couple months ago when an out of state teen came to visit our family. The pigs were a big attraction. The bigger gators were scarce that day, and in a close run with feeding a 6 ft. gator a hot dog on a stick, the hogs were probably the highlight of the tour for the majority of the tourists on the boat. Looking at the people on the boat, even as a reptile lover I can guarantee that the majority would have been more sickened than entertained by a display like that. That's how most people are. Most hardcore outdoorsman will obviously react differently. My problem is that this will undoubtedly be spun by some a-hole group like PETA and will reflect poorly upon the tourism industry for our state. It will also reinforce the notion that Louisianians are a bunch of redneck, backcountry rubes. This action by a tour guide has the potential for exponentially more negative attention than positive, and as a "representative" of our state and the tourism industry, he should certainly have known that.
As I stated in a previous comment, our tour guide got real careful and eventually backed off completely once the gators were even in sight of our boat. There was a large group also on the tour, and their group was split amongst several boats. One was just getting to the area where the pigs were. Our tour guide told the people from that group, "If your friends on the other boat don't say anything about the pigs, then please don't tell them that you got to see them. Sometimes the other guide may not have time to hit all the same areas." I took this as an indication that he signaled the other tour guide that the gators were moving in, skip the pigs with your group or they are going to see something you don't want them seeing.
As I stated in a previous comment, our tour guide got real careful and eventually backed off completely once the gators were even in sight of our boat. There was a large group also on the tour, and their group was split amongst several boats. One was just getting to the area where the pigs were. Our tour guide told the people from that group, "If your friends on the other boat don't say anything about the pigs, then please don't tell them that you got to see them. Sometimes the other guide may not have time to hit all the same areas." I took this as an indication that he signaled the other tour guide that the gators were moving in, skip the pigs with your group or they are going to see something you don't want them seeing.
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