Most animal rights activists put themselves in the stickiest contradiction and never seem to realize it. One day the self-appointed protector of the environment decries humanity for encroaching on wildlife and crimping the mating habits of the deer mouse; and the next day the same environmentalist swears by the theory of evolution, praising the notion of survival of the fittest and natural selection.
Such is the situation that the Department of Agriculture has gotten itself into. DOA has actually deployed a salmon protection team to fend off hungry sea lions. Ironically, "preliminary numbers indicate the sea lions caught more salmon this season than in any of the six others since records have been kept."
This article is really hilarious. One should ask, did the salmon actually ask for protection? Even more important, are the sea lions going to feel that their animal rights have been violated?
Marine animals are protected by the 1972 Marine Mammals Protection Act, which imposes stiff penalties for killing such an animal. Perhaps we should jail the sea lions for killing the salmon?
Us humans have taken on a mantle of protection via legislation and legislated handcuffs around our own hands. The salmon should really protest this law and ask the death penalty for sea lions.
I will believe in animal rights the day an animal of any species speaks and asks for individual rights. It's a simple request.
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