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Virginia holds a number of wildlife killing contests each year. They offer prizes to people for the animals they have killed.  
Even though many states have banned such contests, they are alive and well in Virginia. Sadly many animals are not.
This year saw an increase in attendance.  Humane Society US has reported on the events. They say they are organized by churches, fairgrounds, fire departments and sporting goods stores.  Participants drove trucks full of dead animals to be weighed and measured. There are many prizes for different categories. There is even a prize for killing the most animals.


https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsan...g-contest/

These contests exist to kill for entertainment. The animals will be dumped afterwards. There is no pretense of harvesting to meet our needs. There is no pretense of killing animals as a cull. It is just killing for the sake of killing and getting prizes for doing it.
This is disgusting, outrageous and a total violation of what it means to be a decent human being. 
We make so much progress towards being better as a species and then something like this sets us back by centuries to a more primitive, brutal time. 
When it comes to human behavior, I do not want to hear about the good old days.

(02-01-2022, 05:03 PM)Catherine Wrote: [ -> ]It is just killing for the sake of killing and getting prizes for doing it.
This is disgusting, outrageous and a total violation of what it means to be a decent human being. 
We make so much progress towards being better as a species and then something like this sets us back by centuries to a more primitive, brutal time. 
When it comes to human behavior, I do not want to hear about the good old days.

Your words say it all. This is sickening, so sickening that it makes my stomach churn. Humans are not a "superior species", as some people claim. They are sometimes much more cruel than other species and in some cases morally inferior. Sheep in a field eating grass do not kill other species on a mass scale for prizes or for pleasure.

Have we really "evolved" at all? Stone Age man hunted for food, but did not, as far as we know, engage in killing on a mass scale just to win prizes or enjoy the pleasure of counting dead animals. So much for "progress". The people in Virginia who have engaged in such killing competitions are a disgrace to humanity.

Quote:Have we really "evolved" at all? Stone Age man hunted for food, but did not, as far as we know, engage in killing on a mass scale just to win prizes or enjoy the pleasure of counting dead animals. So much for "progress". The people in Virginia who have engaged in such killing competitions are a disgrace to humanity.

We are the only species that has climbed down the evolutionary tree. We are less evolved than our distant ancestors.
There is no other species that has killing contests, not even in our distant past. We show a complete disregard for  animal lives. Sadly this isn't the only terrible thing humans have done to animals this past year. The ventilator shutdowns used to kill  excess farm animals  are consistent with animal killing contests. Both are acts of inherently cruel beings with no regard for others. It is something a psychopath might do.