I'm a terrible person. (sortof)

[Soviet Heavy]

The whole lot of you condemning the guy for shooting the rabbit: shut your fucking faces. Rabbits are pests. They breed like crazy, destroy crops, and can attract predators. Vegetarians who think that it is immoral to shoot a pest, grow your own fucking crops. If I don't look after my vegetables, then you can grow your own shit, because you're just trying to survive. Oh, now doesn't that sound familiar?

If I'm not allowed to protect my source of income that happens to be your only food source, then you only have yourself to blame for not letting me deal with the pests. You want your veggies? Let me do my goddamn job the way I see fit. I don't want weasels or ferrets or wolves or any other rabbit and chicken eating predator on my farm. Rabbits need to learn that this is my property, it is not theirs, it is not their food, it is not their right. If they are too stupid to clear off after being shot at, it's their own fault.

The guy already feels terrible, and now you're telling him he is because he chose the best response in the situation. He dealt with it as best he could, but no, he's an evil person because he let the cute wittle bunny wunny die.

Do you work in a crop field or something along those lines? Its so out of question, but what is it like there? You said protect your source of income, so I'm just assuming, that would be kinda cool if you do.

We sell vegetables at the Farmers Market as part of my brother's summer job. Problem is that our fences are kinda busted up, so some smartass critters can come in and eat stuff. We also have coyote problems, they keep killing our sheep. While we don't have many rabbits around here, I sure as hell don't want pests attracting larger buggers into my backyard.

I don't want my brother's job wrecked because of pests, so farm security from predators and pests is important.

 

[Bob Hoss]

Other than getting some good fences(chicken wire works well), there are certain things you cant plant that will deter animals like deer and rabbit, so that this won't happen to you again. There are also sprays that you can cover your yard in that are gross to animals:

Grazers (01944 778081)<--- Spray onto plants every 6 weeks, good for plants, too.

A list of plants they hate:

http://www.blueworldgardener.co.uk/articles/rabbits.htm

They hate catmint, and it covers some serious ground. comes in well each year (perennial, which I prefer). That may work, too.

 

[Black Watch]

One time, I was driving at night and I saw a rabbit crossing the road, so I sped up and hit it. I started laughing as my g/f started to cry, all the while, I looked back, and saw it's babies crowding around it.

I think you may want to check yourself out for the good of all of us.

Na, like everyone else, I did it for teh lulz.

You sound like a pretty cool, non-sociopathic, guy.

Why thanks. There is nothing like driving around at night, deliberately hitting animals. Extra 50 points if they are domesticated.

 

[Nouw]

I'm going to be honest:

Killing a animal without it actually trying to kill somone is a sure fire way to get me to hate you.

No offensive aganist anybody personally, but yeah.

Same with me. Unless it is an accident there is no excuse for hurting wildlife that isn't messing with you. There has to be a non-killing rabbit way to protect the plants.

Live and let live... Until this happens of course:

Shit, they're on to us Red! *Gets eaten by adorable bunnies.

 

[Dango]

No, I never have, and hopefully never will.

And personally I would've have taken it to an animal hospital after shooting it the first time, there's one not too far from where I live.

 

[Black Watch]

One time, I was driving at night and I saw a rabbit crossing the road, so I sped up and hit it. I started laughing as my g/f started to cry, all the while, I looked back, and saw it's babies crowding around it.

Cool story brah.

Did you get a little wood from the incident? If not you were doing it wrong.

You know, I think I did do it wrong. I should of went back for the baby bunnies.

 

[LobsterFeng]

I once lost a groundskeeper job at a local elementary school because my boss told me to knock down a bird nest that was making a lot of noise. I told her I wouldn't do it. She got pissed and grabbed the giant pole I was supposed to knock it down with, and knocked it down herself. The nest fell down and I watched the eggs splatter all over the pavement. Then the mother bird kept circling chirping at us.

I gladly walked away from that job. I'm not an animal activist or anything, but I'm not heartless either. And no OP I don't think you're a terrible person, the fact that you feel bad about it shows it. Plus you were just taking care of a pest, like everyone has been saying.

 

[FernandoV]

yeah, one night I found a bird that my cat had injured and brought to the doorstep, it was a dove or something and there was a rather large cut on its back, over one of its wings (looked like the whole wing was rather ruined) I got a pellet gun and pumped it up allot then shot it in the head, then once more to make sure it was dead, it was very strange

also, you should stop shooting rabbits, they are just trying to survive

If we go by that theory you best be ready for some malaria man because those mosquitos are just trying to survive too.

wrong, when a mosquito is drinking blood its for sex, the mosquito feeds when its still in its larva stage, any blood she drinks is for her young, not for her survival, besides, rabbits arnt as annoying as mosquitoes and are mostly harmless

Furthering your own species isn't surviving? And rabbits cause millions of dollars in crop damage every year. Moar research amirite?

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

I'm going to be honest:

Killing a animal without it actually trying to kill somone is a sure fire way to get me to hate you.

No offensive aganist anybody personally, but yeah.

Same with me. Unless it is an accident there is no excuse for hurting wildlife that isn't messing with you. There has to be a non-killing rabbit way to protect the plants.

Live and let live... Until this happens of course:

Shit, they're on to us Red! *Gets eaten by adorable bunnies.

RUN AWAY!!!

 

[Korolev]

Yes. I have killed Mice for experiments. It is not pleasant. I do not enjoy it. But I have no choice if I want to get the results I need. We kill them as painlessly as possible (either breaking their neck really quickly or just gassing them with CO2), but some of the treatments done to the mice are.... less than pleasant. However, there's no real way around it - the alternative (if you could call it that) would be to experiment on humans, and that's 1000x times worse than experimenting on mice (and about 1000x more difficult as well).

You never really get used to it, but since there is no other option, it has to be done. It just has to be done.

 

[suicide samurai]

I've eaten rabbit. It's good meat.

To kill a wild animal to protect land that you own--that no court can grant them rights to-- that's a little low, or at least selfish.

I've been the young kid with a bb gun, though. It's not a good thing.

Last animal I had a chance to "pop" was an opposum, with on of my crossbows. I didn't pull that trigger.

Take whatever you will from this ramble, but at least eat the meat if you'll make the kill.

 

[Worgen]

yeah, one night I found a bird that my cat had injured and brought to the doorstep, it was a dove or something and there was a rather large cut on its back, over one of its wings (looked like the whole wing was rather ruined) I got a pellet gun and pumped it up allot then shot it in the head, then once more to make sure it was dead, it was very strange

also, you should stop shooting rabbits, they are just trying to survive

If we go by that theory you best be ready for some malaria man because those mosquitos are just trying to survive too.

wrong, when a mosquito is drinking blood its for sex, the mosquito feeds when its still in its larva stage, any blood she drinks is for her young, not for her survival, besides, rabbits arnt as annoying as mosquitoes and are mostly harmless

Furthering your own species isn't surviving? And rabbits cause millions of dollars in crop damage every year. Moar research amirite?

there is a difference between survival of the individual and perpetuation of the species, besides, somehow I think he will survive if his garden gets nibbled

 

[Doctor Glocktor]

yeah, one night I found a bird that my cat had injured and brought to the doorstep, it was a dove or something and there was a rather large cut on its back, over one of its wings (looked like the whole wing was rather ruined) I got a pellet gun and pumped it up allot then shot it in the head, then once more to make sure it was dead, it was very strange

also, you should stop shooting rabbits, they are just trying to survive

If we go by that theory you best be ready for some malaria man because those mosquitos are just trying to survive too.

wrong, when a mosquito is drinking blood its for sex, the mosquito feeds when its still in its larva stage, any blood she drinks is for her young, not for her survival, besides, rabbits arnt as annoying as mosquitoes and are mostly harmless

Furthering your own species isn't surviving? And rabbits cause millions of dollars in crop damage every year. Moar research amirite?

there is a difference between survival of the individual and perpetuation of the species, besides, somehow I think he will survive if his garden gets nibbled

Nibbled? Its a rabbit, not a rat. He'll be damned lucky if its just 'nibbled'.

 

[Black Watch]

One time, I was driving at night and I saw a rabbit crossing the road, so I sped up and hit it. I started laughing as my g/f started to cry, all the while, I looked back, and saw it's babies crowding around it.

Cool story brah.

Did you get a little wood from the incident? If not you were doing it wrong.

You know, I think I did do it wrong. I should of went back for the baby bunnies.

That would explain the lack of wood.

Perhaps you should go out and hunt down it's escaped kin with a potato masher? Surely that's good for a bit of oak, if not mahogany.

I was actually going to go for a steamroller. I am thinking at if I catch them by their feet as I roll over them, the stuff with come out of their mouth like toothpaste from the tube.

 

[FernandoV]

yeah, one night I found a bird that my cat had injured and brought to the doorstep, it was a dove or something and there was a rather large cut on its back, over one of its wings (looked like the whole wing was rather ruined) I got a pellet gun and pumped it up allot then shot it in the head, then once more to make sure it was dead, it was very strange

also, you should stop shooting rabbits, they are just trying to survive

If we go by that theory you best be ready for some malaria man because those mosquitos are just trying to survive too.

wrong, when a mosquito is drinking blood its for sex, the mosquito feeds when its still in its larva stage, any blood she drinks is for her young, not for her survival, besides, rabbits arnt as annoying as mosquitoes and are mostly harmless

Furthering your own species isn't surviving? And rabbits cause millions of dollars in crop damage every year. Moar research amirite?

there is a difference between survival of the individual and perpetuation of the species, besides, somehow I think he will survive if his garden gets nibbled

Not sure how this prove killing the rabbit was unjustified.

 

[Zing]

I realize it can be hard to kill a creature that has sympathetic features, but if the rabbits really are a pest and are destroying your yard then I don't see the problem in killing them. Rabbits are far from an endangered species, after all.

This...Also people should not be having a cry about killing rabbits, they are a plague.

 

[Doctor Glocktor]

I realize it can be hard to kill a creature that has sympathetic features, but if the rabbits really are a pest and are destroying your yard then I don't see the problem in killing them. Rabbits are far from an endangered species, after all.

This...Also people should not be having a cry about killing rabbits, they are a plague.

But they're so fwuffy wuffy...

We can't kill them based on that reason alone!

 

[Soviet Heavy]

yeah, one night I found a bird that my cat had injured and brought to the doorstep, it was a dove or something and there was a rather large cut on its back, over one of its wings (looked like the whole wing was rather ruined) I got a pellet gun and pumped it up allot then shot it in the head, then once more to make sure it was dead, it was very strange

also, you should stop shooting rabbits, they are just trying to survive

If we go by that theory you best be ready for some malaria man because those mosquitos are just trying to survive too.

wrong, when a mosquito is drinking blood its for sex, the mosquito feeds when its still in its larva stage, any blood she drinks is for her young, not for her survival, besides, rabbits arnt as annoying as mosquitoes and are mostly harmless

Furthering your own species isn't surviving? And rabbits cause millions of dollars in crop damage every year. Moar research amirite?

there is a difference between survival of the individual and perpetuation of the species, besides, somehow I think he will survive if his garden gets nibbled

Yeah, it'll be great if his crops are destroyed before he can sell them.