Alright, you guys who know me know that I'm not usually one to stir up drama or spew all my emotions all over you. Of which, I'm still not going to do, but I'd like to address a topic that's really been bugging me lately. Well, upsetting me is a much more accurate term to go by. I know it won't accomplish anything, but it's always nice to jot something down on the subject so at least I'm calmed down.

Every time I do an image search on coyotes (which I've been doing because I was looking for references to draw something), I can't help but notice that there are a growing number of results showing coyote's who've been hunted down and killed. Now, granted, I'm one to get upset when anything related to the matter of recreational hunting comes up. However, this goes even beyond that.

From what I see (and this is just me browsing) It appears as if coyotes, as a species, are under attack. While looking through further into the subject, I've picked up that there are actually groups dedicated to hunting down and killing these animals because of some mis-guided, self-justified quest to rid the world of another 'danger'. I usually try to be more understanding of misguided people, however, this both ticked me off, and knocked me into a kind of spiraling depression a few days ago and I'd like to share it for some reason.

One thing I think I'm relatively sure about this subject, are these...people's reason's for these kills. Or, at least, what I've gathered from one individual, who was so kind as to write a a book on the subject (I don't think you noticed, but that was a angry, seething/sarcastic emphasis on the kind....sorry usually I'm not so base or well, forgot the word, but I'm not really writing with a clear head... I apologize for that)

So, this man justifies this by writting a book on how dangerous coyotes are. Hmm...how terrible, an animal that won't cower at our feet and yearn to serve and beg for our scraps and attentions. (Yay sarcasm) So, this guy shows a bunch of pictures, telling how coyote's eat people's pets, kill pregnant dear, that kind of stuff. Testifying that these terrible monsters must be stopped or else, heaven forbid, they kill something.

What?

So, now what? These animals, are suppose to tell the difference between an animal which is owned by a person and one who is alone? And even so, who cares?! Hunting for FOOD does not make them terrible, why should they go hungry just because a cat happens to hang out with a human? I mean, this reasoning is so-just, juvenile and naive that an animal should refrain from hunting this easy prey simply because we won't like it. Sounds harsh I know, especially if you have a cat (which I do and I'd be horrified if anything where to happen to him), but this is the way things work. People have immersed themselves in the dream that, things are suppose to be fluffy and jolly and all you have to do to stay filled is go to the supermarket and get your respective goods.

This is not the same with those who don't share our species....dumb D=<

And, geez, coyote's don't exactly have hunting laws like us, so yeah, there gonna kill and eat anything they can to survive, including pregnant deer. I mean, seriously, the guy went through the trouble to dig out the deer's fetus's-and what? Why should the fact that the deer was carrying babies affect the point that it was FOOD.

Now, what would be terrible if the coyote's hunted for fun alone...hmmm...wonder which species would do that? Which species, would bankrupt itself buying on equipment, chipping into funds to get all this stuff, and kill something simply for the sport of things? You know, even though the individual in question is usually prosperous and can afford all kinds of already dead things in which to eat. Nope, they can chase any number of things to their death in the name of sport, but heaven forbid anything kill for NECESSITY around here. -_-

So yeah, these moral gluttons go out, hunting down and murdering yet another 'threat' in the name of humanity. Yeah, go ahead and kill all the natural predators. Leave only the cuddly, meek, grass-eating prey and you know what? You'll get to justify killing more. Because, once the earst-while prey reproduces and over-populates the land, eating all the available sustenance until starving at a whole....then let's see how much you fret about dead pregnant deer.

Sorry if I sound arrogant, ignorant, or just plain incomprehensible, but I'm not feeling to well right now. I didn't get all I wanted in but I kinda ran out of steam due to a combination of exhaustion and...I dunno what else. But you know, this keeps happening over and over. I heard once (well, this was in an old book about the subject I read years ago) that an elderly couple viewed a mountain lion killing a doe, and was so upset that they reported it to whatever. Anywho, these people hunted down and killed all the lions in the area, and eventually wherever that was fell apart for the reason I gave earlier. But...why? Why is it that we fixate so much upon one being killing a weaker for food? We do it-to an insane scale. I mean, if other animals could reason better, the wolves, bears, lions, and all these other 'monsters' would look at us and say "man, those guy's are real jerks" (I wanted to use animals but that would've been redundant. Like I said, we are so caught up in our views of what we think things should be that we can't see reality if it slapped us in the face. IT's just...upsetting, that his will go on, until everything else is dead, and then we'll look back on our empty, bland, dead planet and curse our ancestors for daring to bring us to this. But you know what? No one did anything to stop it, not even me.