Does the spokesperson for the NSPCA, Isabel Wentzel, have any clue what she is talking about?
Read NSPCA speaks out against animal cruelty
Apart from quoting an extract from a piece of legislation: ” ….explained that it was illegal to discharge a firearm, an antique firearm or an airgun in a built-up area…”, she clearly doesn’t have a clue what she’s talking about when she says: “…the man could also face charges of cruelty to animals if found guilty.”
Should the man be charged for all the crimes he has allegedly committed before he is convicted of any of those crimes, or does he first have to be convicted of another crime before he faces charges of cruelty to animals?
Here you have an elderly man shooting a bird. What purpose would it serve not to buy children pellet guns if you have an adult acting so irresponsibly?
As a boy I regularly used to shoot pigeons with a slingshot, which were then cleaned and prepared on a fire. A fine meal for a young schoolboy.
Shouldn’t we perhaps educate our children that you never shoot at anything unless you want to kill it and if you kill it, you have to eat it, pests excluded?
I do not for a single moment condone the shooting or hurting of any animal unless it is for food, but let us make a clear distinction about killing for food and just randomly shooting at anything that moves, and while we are at it, promote the cause you [Wentzel] support as opposed to trying to promote your own illogical anti-gun sentiments.
Also read:
Pets mutilated and shot in Lonehill
Cat is victim of crossbow shooting
Piece of dog’s ear snipped off at parlour
