On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 15:48:11 -0500, "rick etter" > wrote:
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>"Ipse dixit" > wrote in message ...
>> On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 12:24:29 -0500, "rick etter" >wrote:
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>> >> >> >Under pressure from ranchers, the U.S. government exterminates
>> >> >> >tens of thousands of predator and "nuisance" animals each year.
>> >> >> >In 1989, a partial list of animals killed by the U.S. Department of
>> >> >> >Agriculture's Animal Damage Control Program included 86,502
>> >> >> >coyotes, 7,158 foxes, 236 black bears, 1,220 bobcats and 80
>> >> >> >wolves. In 1988, 4.6 million birds, 9,000 beavers, 76,000 coyotes,
>> >> >> >5,000 raccoons, 300 black bears, and 200 mountain lions, among
>> >> >> >others, were killed. Some 400 pet dogs and 100 cats were also
>> >> >> >inadvertently killed. Extermination methods used include poisoning,
>> >> >> >shooting, gassing, and burning animals in their dens.
>> >> >> >======================
>> >> >> >ROTFLMAO And the majority of those are killed to protect crops
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Ah, but it does give numbers proving grass fed beef accrues
>> >> >> collateral deaths, so why do you ignore them, hypocrite?
>> >> >======================
>> >> >Nope.
>> >>
>> >> You do ignore them, and that's a fact, liar.
>> >======================
>> >Nope.
>>
>> Yep. They do exist.
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>Nope.

So, though you insist collateral deaths exist in crop production,
you also deny they exist in grass fed beef production. Thanks
for such an excellent example of a meatarian's state of denial.