In reaction to last week’s “Minnie” the Deer murder story...

It seems the line has been crossed when a Whitetail Deer makes the front page of the Toronto Sun twice in a month!
Poor Deer trapped in a human world.
Yes it was traumatic to see a Deer tranquilized, tazed and removed from downtown Toronto and yes it was a sad story to hear of a pet Deer that was shot and left to die in rural Ontario.

However both story’s have a distinct contrast. One animal stumbled into a domestic humanized environment and was removed somewhat humanely. The other was domesticated by Humans and shot in its wild environment during an open season for Deer.

Yes the Deer was killed illegally by a goon breaking the law, shooting from the road... but nevertheless could have just as easily been killed by a person legally hunting.

By putting a collar on the Deer the “Domesticators” hoped it would be recognized as a pet… whoa, whoa, whoa, now watch as PETA members abroad purchase and try to put orange collars on all wildlife as to prevent them from being killed… let’s not make everyone think a collar will protect an animal during an open and legal hunting season!!!!!

Bottom line is wild animals should not be semi domesticated then left to fend for themselves.

Mother nature is cruel and although the best intentions were made in raising this abandoned Deer from a fawn... in the end the inevitable happened, it’s domestication was its ultimate demise.

I fear that  instilling human emotion into wild animals may be the line we don’t want to ever cross. Unless of course vegetables are your preferred source of protein!!!!!
Projecting human emotions onto animals is simply not logical.  The way you feel for a lost child cannot be equated with the emotional response a wild animal has for hers.  Mother animals have a natural instinct to guard and nurture their young.  This motherly instinct ensures a better chance for survival of the offspring. 
Studies have shown that Nature is cruel, and most young animals of any species parish long before they reach adulthood. The article spoke of three of “Minnie’s” offspring who were eaten by wolves etc.
If animal mothers had the same emotional attachment that humans have for their offspring I am sure we would see animals suffering from depression and other emotional disorders brought on from years of witnessing her children get eaten alive.  Animals are not designed to have emotional attachments to their offspring.  God knows that would be too cruel.

Well it has been a banner year for me!
Not only did I finally tie the knot to the girl of my dreams back in July…
I now have myself a Little “Miller”… Allow me to Introduce Miss August Anne-Margaret Miller!

A beautiful 7.7 lb Girl Born on October 20th 2009
Here is a picture of her with her very proud BIG sister Jayde.

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My life has taken on a whole new meaning. Now I have the arduous task of training her to be the first ever female to win the Bassmaster classic!
Or maybe just the title of being the cutest little thing ever!
Erin was a trooper and went through labour and delivery “sans” pain killers and did it Au natural in less than 1 hour!!!!
Tough and beautiful… that’s why I married her!!!!

It has been a long time since I “blogged” Reason being, things have been pretty quiet and I have been pretty lazy...”So Shoot Me”. I promise though, this is going to be a good one so keep reading.

I was sitting in a coffee shop the other day and I wanted to read the news paper. I walked over to the various boxes on the corner and scanned them for a “Sun” box. I like reading the Sun as it has a lighter approach and less “political” B.S. than other papers. I dug for some change and as I went to drop the coins in the slot I noticed it was EMPTY!!!! Not one left... Son of a...

I realized I would have to settle for a different paper and ended up paying $1.50 for an overpriced weekday rag that was sure to disappoint me. Disappoint it did, I began to read through and was slowly slipping into a state of comatose. Suddenly to my amazement as I turned through the pages I read a Headline that caught my eye, ”Gun Licence can cost less than a Dog Licence”. http://www.thestar.com/comment/columnists/article/702859

This I had to read, seems that the Conservative government and law abiding gun owners are the ire of columnist Antonia Zerbisias.

She rants about how guns were used to kill Mounties and several other police officers over the past decade or so and somehow the gun registry could have saved them.

She claims that 2 Billion dollars is a small price to pay for the security and peace of mind knowing the next time a woman in distress from “Domestic Violence” will be safe because the police will know if there are guns in the household. A lot of good that will do!
 
She also claims most Canadian Tax payers would agree that an additional 3 million dollars a year is a small price to pay for that piece of mind... ”Not this taxpayer”!

Seems to me that the sweet innocent Antonia is using this topic as a soap box to cry out against guns and make a point for “Domestic violence”. She is entitled to her opinion, which I have nothing against.

But for crying out loud! Get your facts straight WOMAN. Did you do any research to back up the ridiculous statements you have made? I think not, unless the groups called “Coalition for gun control” or the “International Action network on small arms” are “valid statisticians” and not extremist fact twisting radicals.

I am just a lowly Fisherman and in about five minutes I did some research of my own. The so called FACTS you implied, like that 88 percent of women killed by their husbands were killed with legally owned Rifles and Shotguns was so far off side it made me angry. Did you happen to notice that Knives were the overwhelming popular choice for “spousal homicide”?
The fact is about every claim you made with so called “Facts” in regards to violence against Women were not even close to being accurate... see for yourself.

Here is a link to Stats Canada and the numbers.
http://www42.statcan.ca/smr08/smr08_012-eng.htm
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/061108/dq061108b-eng.htm

My advice? The Liberal Govt should Start a Knife registry and the “RAG” you write for should put a leash on ill informed columnists such as yourself!