Comment on TIL: Deer are popping off down here

PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  In America there’s a few programs that donate hunted meat to the disadvantaged. Usually called Hunt for the Hungry or Hunters for the Hungry etc.

  Seems Australia is thinking along those lines too theguardian.com/…/deer-meat-for-homeless-shooters…

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  • Aussieiuszko@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    First off we’re not America, we take care of our citizens. We don’t need to feed them carcasses killed by some rando. Leave that RFK Jr crap away.

    Bourman’s proposal, dubbed “Hunters for the Hungry”, already operates in the United States, where it is supported by the powerful gun lobby, the National Rifle Association.

    Secondly, fuck no.

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    • eureka@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      First off we’re not America, we take care of our citizens. We don’t need to feed them carcasses killed by some rando.

      We’re definitely doing far better than the US, and while there’s room for improvement on taking care of our citizens, not even the US needs to feed them carcasses killed by volunteer hunters. Easily preventable food wastage alone can solve shortages, overproduction is the status quo.

      NRA

      Agreed, fuck no.

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    • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      So, they’re a “pest”, your word, and overpopulated, which leads to disease and other hell for these animals. And you object to hunting them and donating the meat? Or was this just a “fuck America” comment?

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      • Aussieiuszko@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I object to allowing randoms to hunt them and donate the meat.

        if the government wants to setup some sort of department to hunt them, assess the safety of the meat, and re-sell it on to shops I would be fine with that.

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    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m not saying the organisation is good. I’m saying the thing is happening.

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