Murdering Bambi
On Wednesday, June 27, the Winnipeg Sun ran a story about the brutal and senseless killing of a baby deer by an officious Manitoba government employee.
It seems this deer was illegally kidnapped and subsequently nursed back to health by the Stanbra family in Komarno, Manitoba. Rather than allow this family to raise this animal Manitoba Conservation officers felt killing it was more humane. Unbelievable!
Apparantly it would be too expensive to raise this animal. The cost did not seem to bother the Stanbra's. Why not allow them to continue raising the animal? And then let nature take its course.
I can't express strongly enough how completely idiotic this stance is. What could these complete and utter morons have been thinking?
An Open Letter to Jack Dubois,
Director, Conservation Department,
Wildlife & Ecosystem Protection Branch
The handling of the baby deer incident was deplorable and reprehensible. The behaviour of you and your staff was outrageous. Your personal attitude towards the killing of this animal "because of cost" and claim of "illegally kidnapped" is completely asinine.
I demand you apologize to the Stanbra family. I further demand you change your "rules" immediately. There is NEVER a time when killing an innocent otherwise healthy animal is okay.
How, in the name of god, is killing an animal better than allowing it to be raised on a farm? Even if the animal ran away and was otherwise killed it would be more humane than your actions.
You ought to be ashamed of yourself.
If you want to reach Dubois, give him a call @ 204 945-7761. Let him know how you feel.
cheers
