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Every morning for the past month on the 80 going to work I saw a pair of deer on the Bedford Highway—a doe and a much smaller one that appeared to be her fawn. Every morning I got this sick sinking feeling for the pair of them. Well, hats off to the POS responsible for the dead deer on the side of the Bedford Highway this morning!! I’m not so much upset by the death itself, because death is inevitable, but by humans continued ignorance to the destruction we cause. These animals come into our yards the world over, for a REASON! The continued deforestation for the cause of “new development” is disgusting. We are driving animals out of their habitat out of blind greed! Humans (not individually, but collectively) seem to think that as long as there is some shell of an economy we don’t have to worry about the destruction we cause to the environment, that it will always be there—it won’t! I’m terrified that we won’t stop until the animals are all gone, except those we breed specifically to eat—until the entire planet is a concrete jungle, the only plants being those that Monsanto has a monopoly over. And yet I don’t have enough faith in people to think we’ll stop even then. —:'(
This article appears in Oct 9-15, 2014.
Area 12 year old realizes that “The Circle of Life” is not just a musical number that her class at Shambholic School had to perform for their annual Vernal Equinox Fun & Frolic.
I highly doubt that the “POS” in question went out of his way to kill the deer with his vehicle.
As you drive onto the grounds at Springhill Penitentiary, you’re often greeted by a herd of deer, usually does and fawns, as they graze on the outer lawn. The speed limit is only 15km/h so they are pretty safe.
When the folks lived in Germany, there was a local Gasthof where the house specialty was “hirsch” and you could look out through picture windows at the paddock where next year’s
menu were happily grazing – free range and grass fed. If you could ignore the angry little man with the loud voice and comical moustache haranguing the regulars at the “stammtisch”, it was all quite pleasant.
Yes, people kill deer with their vehicles because they love destroying their vehicles. BTW we humans are a part of this planet and have a right to live here. Also the Bedford Highway has been developed and part of the HUMAN environment for centuries. The sad part is the driver probably didn’t even get any venison out of it.
*hurries out to collect the meat*
What? It’s still better than McDs.
THE CULTURE OF PRAGMATIC MATERIALISM
“I’m not so much upset by the death itself because death is inevitable, but by humans (sic) continued ignorance to (sic) the destruction we cause.” -:(
Well yes, death is inevitable but in the case of the beautiful doe and her fawn it is also pitifully horrible since, after all, it is just a matter of “collateral damage” to be ignored in our headlong rush to… to where? The collision of the car and the doe and her fawn might be seen as a metaphor for the uncaring stampede of our “culture,” one founded on a pragmatic materialism in which the only value is concrete “results.” Such results, of course, are defined in empirical terms, those which can be measured by that great economic yardstick in the sky by which our culture is defined and which, in turn, breeds that coarseness of character so typical of our time. “Progress” is what we wanted, and “progress” is what we got.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
As long as you are a consumer you are a part of the problem to btw. As long as you own things, corporations will build plants to build them which will in turn make the area where the wild animals live smaller. My advise to you would be to stop buying anything. You should also stop travelling because the reason why roads are being built is because people are using them.
The rush to consume and own things, of course, is a central part of the culture of pragmatic materialism.
Fukushima.
Nothing anyone can do about it.
Our time is up.
We are done.
Get used to it.
Yay for global environmental assisted suicide!
i think op realizes full well that the death of the deer was inevitable, and that he/she of course contributes to the risk by travelling that road. this is a lament of the situation that we are all a part of.
i killed a pheasant a couple of weeks ago. i wasn’t going fast but she dashed out onto the road in front of me. i stopped to make sure she was dead and to move her body to the shoulder. and then i heard her chicks in the bushes. i could do nothing, they scurried away peeping and hid. so perhaps i killed them all by killing their mother. i was sick about it and still feel horrible. but i continue to drive and continue to wish fruitlessly that we could live slower. there is nothing wrong with ‘feeling’ the pointless death of each creature.
I still never understood the bullet holes in the deer xing signs, must be the Bumpuses…
Back in the seventies we were told in school that pollution was rapidly “destroying” the planet. I was as upset back then as the OB is about the current state of the world. I remember being terrified that we were all doomed in short order.
Forty years later I realize that we will always have our challenges – global warming, pandemics, wars, and, while we have a nasty tendancy to wait until the last possible moment to make the required changes in the way we operate, I have faith that we will eventually rise to whatever challenges come along.
We are the clever monkeys!
that confession from the boy in jude the obscure
“done because we are too many”
we are not clever monkeys, we are self obsessed, hyperactive monkeys armed with fire and spray bottles of poison let loose on a planet of wonders.
the last possible moment may have already passed.
I like your optimism Full of Beans. Nothing wrong with being optimistic. I am past that phase myself, I’ve reached the acceptance part. I was optimistic when Global Warming was the biggest environmental threat we faced (and all it’s proponents – deforestation, bleaching of corral reefs, etc.) but radiation is a lot different.
The good news is that I am 30 now, I will probably make it to about 50 or 60 before the inevitable cancer gets me or the planet is too sick to grow food. By then, heck, who knows, maybe we’ll have reached singularity and found a way to cleanse our entire planet. In the meanwhile we are spending trillions of dollars on warfare and muzzling scientists. Individuals have little to no power unless they control billions of dollars – and most of those people have invested interest in war or activities that further damage our planet or both. So sit back and enjoy the show.
mm, your lyrical comment shows what is possible with humans but the brutes are winning.
I just want to say that that’s a pretty sweet car at the top of this bitch.
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I understand the OB’s reaction to seeing a dead deer. Personally, I love seeing animals in the wild and find them all quite fascinating. However, I believe the OB has reached a specious (superficially plausible, but actually wrong) conclusion as to the relationship between humans and deer.
The OB concluded, “These animals come into our yards the world over, for a REASON! The continued deforestation for the cause of “new development” is disgusting. We are driving animals out of their habitat out of blind greed!”
I believe that the contrary is true. In Nova Scotia there is still tremendous amount of empty forrest for deer. It is more likely that the deer are attracted to us, similar to racoons, crows, etc, because we provide an easy food supply for them with our farms and gardens. Anyone who lives in the burbs and has a garden can tell you that the deer treat it like a grocery store. And a lot of farmers find that they attract so many deer that they suffer a lot of crop damage. The reality may be that we actually cause overpopulation by providing winter food supply that normally wouldn’t be available.
Here is some info from a source who, unlike the OB and myself, probably has a background in Biology: http://novascotia.ca/natr/wildlife/nuisanc…
I don’t mean to sound hard hearted but I prefer to know the reality rather than jump to what may be specious conclusions as to cause and affect.
OB , I love seeing deer as well …one of my favourite views .Is the deer chops frying up nicely, in a pan with sliced sweet onions ~:D
not sure what kind of burb garden you have beans, but mine doesn’t have anything edible lying around in it for man nor beast in the middle of winter. I would call the winter feeding conclusion suspiciously specious….
however, since deer live on the edges of forests, not smack dab in the middle of them, yes there is a relationship between us and them. it’s not that cutting down forests for burbs is driving them OUT of their beloved (not) forest, rather it is pushing the inviting open spaces further INTO their territory of forest edged meadows. deer like open spaces, so if its a yard instead of a meadow, that’s where they will walk. and chomp. I don’t think we are keeping them fat and healthy with our rhodos. I think we got rid of the animals that call them prey.
I stand by my conclusion that we are most likely a positive influence on deer population.
The biggest factor in deer population is the severity of winter weather – especially the amount of snow received. Too much snow makes it harder for them to move around and find what little food is available.
They fatten themselves up in the late summer and fall and rely on stored body fat to make it through the winter. I’m betting that living near farms/suburban gardens is very helpful in the fattening up process. It’s kind of like when humans went from being hunter/gatherers to farming – a lot less energy was expended just looking for food.
It’s mostly that extra fat that they rely on over the winter but they also nibble at certain trees and shrubs if they can find them. Apparently, they like it when we have ornamental shrubs around our properties to nibble on.
As an aside, I don’t eat deer meat myself but I’m guessing that by the spring they are pretty lean and not very tasty. That explains why hunting season is in the fall/early winter when they are carrying more fat and provide a tastier, well marbled meat. (And my apologies in advance to my vegetarian, gluten free, quinoa smoothy slurping, kale chip munching, 100% organic cotton friends for any offence you may take to the idea of eating deer meat.)
well, if positive means more of ’em well yeah, i agree. but quantity over quality. too many of lesser health because the carnivores are not picking off the feeble (we could use some of that around here sometimes doncha think? )
do you cook with butter? does one of your dogs have the word butter in her name? i am thinking this might be someone i have been haranguing to come play here.
We generally like dogs and often stop to meet friendly ones in the parks but my wife and I lean more to the cat side. So, if we did have a pet, it would more likley purr than woof.
On another topic, I can share the three greatest secrets to good cuisine: butter, butter, and …… more butter.
Then there’s all the apples they find… just lying around everywhere.
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i agree should of been shot what a waste of good meat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI8UPHMzZm8
This OB?