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Originally Posted by paulammoore  I too can sympathize with anyone who might depend on the salmon to make their living. |
Sorry for the misleading. I don't sympathize the commercial fishermen. I don't have feelings for individual salmons either. I only pity salmons as a specie, equally endangered as sea lions
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Originally Posted by paulammoore But I think shooting a caged animal who cannot get away and has no means of defending itself is deeply, woefully immoral, among many other things. |
In this specific instance, I think it's no more immoral than shooting uncaged sea lions, which can't get away from bullets either. The sea lions learned to be not afraid of human. Killing wild ones would be just as easy as killing caged ones. My wild guess is that the caged ones were the worst ones. I think it is necessary. And yes, it does reveal my level of moral.