How do you feel about tacking & killing a wild animal that has attacked/killed a human?

Question

I am writing an Argument Essay for my College English class AGAINST tracking & killing a wild animal that has attacked/killed a human. I feel this way because wild animals attack out of fear and self-defense. If humans continue to invade their habitat, and take it away from constant economic growth, the chances of attack are greater. We need to respect the animals and their habitat and to track them down and kill them for reacting the way millions of years of evolution has programmed them to do is unnecessary, cruel, and ignorant on our part.

Answer 1

I say we still shoot its head off,a humans life is still more important than an animals, but you have lost track of that haven't you being brainwashed by your liberal professors.

Answer 2

Kill or be killed?  I'd rather be doing the killing.

Answer 3

How do you feel about animals  tracking and killing a human that has killed its mother or mate??

To say we are privileged and superior is only an opinion nurtured by organized religion.

Bohemian is the closest  voice of reason,

Circumstances will determine what is correct.

Answer 4

Now a days if they are trapped then they are relocated or send to zoo or research institute.

I few cases if the trapping fails then they are destroyed using sharp shooters, for the safety of the population, as specially little helpless children. Most big game will not approach a human but if they are sick or injured then they go after the slowest creachers which just happens to be us.

Answer 5

I certainly agree with your feelings.   My opinion is that any animal that has ended up in this situation has only done so because of a human action (such as the boys who were teasing the tiger at the SF Zoo).   I feel that, if at all possible, the animal should be relocated to a habitat that is further away from humans instead of being euthanized.   Unfortunately sometimes there is no choice but to 'shoot to kill' if the animal is presenting an immediate and lethal threat to a human.  Human life is sacred ... and while it is a heartbreaking choice  - must always be protected even if the choice is to kill an animal.  There's a wonderful quote (I think it's Henry Beeson) that I can't remember right now but it says that "animals are other nations" .. and who are WE to destroy such?

Answer 6

I agree with you 100%

Another reason is that wild animals should be left alone for the simple reason they are wild and potentially dangerous. Not just the big ones either, as I experienced a badly infected hand and arm caused by a bite from a mouse I rescued from a cat.  Admire them , take pics of them from a safe distance, respect them but leave them alone to live their lives as nature intended.

Answer 7

Am not sure. That's what animals do. Animals are just protecting themselfs and being animals but we're just protecting ourselfs and if the animal has killed someone we need to stop that animal from killing anyone else.

Answer 8

I draw a very sharp distinction between endangered animals and animals that are not. If a tiger has killed a person, society ought to to everything it can to capture and remove that tiger so that it cannot find another person to kill. However, if we're talking about a pack of stray dogs, I'm all for gunning them down. There are far too many stray dogs in the world and the same goes for rats, feral cats, oppossums and so on.

Answer 9

You have some valid points, and I'm not going to argue about your way of thinking.  However, if that animal has done it once, it most likely will do it again.  Tracking it down, tranquilizing, and moving to another area is the least that needs to be done.  Although we invaded his habitat, and it's not really the animal's fault, after that animal attacks it becomes a target.  If authorities do nothing, that animal will be killed by an angry private citizen.  The animal needs to be removed from the area

Answer 10

Most animals stay clear of humans . When deciding about tracking and killing an animal , a couple of things should be taken into account ..

   Some species only attack humans when they are threatened : in which case the animal should be left alone .

   Sometimes animals attack when they are sick : in which case the animal should be destroyed .

   Sometimes an animal ,once it tastes human flesh , will continue to see humans as easy prey : these animals should be destroyed

  Once an animal becomes a maneater it should be destroyed .

  In North America , man is not "naturally" on the menu of any  

animals. Except polar bears.

  As I understand it , no animal is hunted down unless it becomes a real threat to human population .

These things are not black and white. Each case of animal attacking human must be analyzed seperately.

  People must remember that although our territory is increasing , We do have as much right as any other animal to be here and be safe.

      We have as much right to this planet as any other creature .  We are also in a phase of earths history where mammals are the dominating animals , as were dinosaurs millions of years ago.

Humans are also a part of nature and have a right to grow and prosper as all creatures do . Do you think that for one minute an animal attacking a human stops and thinks about our right to exist?  

  Remember ,although animal rights activists believe that humans are just bullying the poor creatures of earth , the truth is nature is bloodthirsty and cruel .  killing for food and for survival is natural ... it is nature.

    Hope my answer helps you out.  

    PEACE!

Answer 11

I agree with you.  Animals will always wild by nature.  If they feel threatened, they will attack.

We keep building more and more houses and taking down more forest and land so they have no where to go.

We are causing this problem and yet we are shocked when we see bears in our back yards!!

Perfect example, I live near a state forest and about 10 years ago they started tearing down the trees to put up these gigantic houses.  Well shortly after this there was a baby moose that wandered into my neighborhood.  The police shot this animal 42 times!!  I was so disgusted because first of all it was a baby moose and really posed no threat to anyone because he was scared and confused.  

They could have tranquilized him and moved him back into the woods, there was no need to shoot him 42 times.

It is the same thing when people go running in the woods and are surprised when a mountain lion tries to eat them!!  You don't want to get eaten, then stay out of the d**n woods!!

Answer 12

Heh... don't tell anyone but it's sad..... cuz he's just defending them self. so i don't feel so right unless if i did nothing and it started then i wouldn't feel bad about if i killed it.

Answer 13

If the animal has lost its fear of humans and is now a man killer it must be destroyed.  There is no other choice to prevent it's continued predation of humans.

Answer 14

I tend to agree with most of your points, and in most cases when wild animals attack human beings it's because of the humans, not the animals.  Most wild animals avoid humans and will only attack them when they feel threatened or cornered - situations that the humans normally cause.

However, I do think a wild (or domesticated) animal that has attacked and killed a human should be tracked down and destroyed.  In many cases, the fact that wild animals stay away from humans and are afraid of them is because of evolutionary pressure.  Animals that attack humans are hunted down and killed, which over time creates animals that are afraid of humans instead of attacking them.  Also, animals never get a 'taste' for humans or see humans as being easy prey.

While I understand that it's not the animals fault they act like animals, as a society we value the life of an individual person more then we do an individual wild animal.  I don't have any sympathy for someone who is mauled or killed after they tease or disturb a wild animal, and I feel sorry that the animal is being destroyed.  At the same time, we don't know the motivations of that animal and we don't know if it's going to start attacking other people.  Next time, the person who is attacked might be a child or someone who is innocent.

As a side note, animals that consume human flesh are often destroyed for health reasons.  When animals eat human flesh, disease / bacteria / viruses that humans naturally carry (and are immune to) can mutate with disease / bacteria / viruses that those animals carry.  Those diseases can make their way back into humans in a form that is harmful and we aren't immune to.  This is similar to the feared 'Bird Flu' that can come from humans living in close proximity to birds and having multiple strains of flu mutate together.

Answer 15

I'm completely against it.  We kill other animals too anyway, and the poor thing was just trying to survive.  We have taken over most of the Earth, and we're taking their habitats and food supply with it.  They were probably protecting themselves anyway, and bears are extremely protective of their young so their species can live on, and we do the same

Answer 16

I say it depends on WHY they hunted and killed the human.  Was it a sow bear with cubs?  Did she kill the human, and then run away with her cubs to get them to saftey?  Then let her and her cubs be.

Was it an elderly bear who can no longer hunt properly, and the bear has discovered humans are plump, easy meals?  Better hunt it down and kill it.  It's only going to get worse.

Was it some idiot who got eatten by a crock in a lake they KNEW the crocidiles lived, or worse yet was the idiot human FEEDING the crock?  Capture and trasport the crock to a zoo.  Relocation will not work, as crocks will travel hundreds of miles to get back to their territory.  They will also learn to ambush and prey on humans.

Was the person killed by African Killer Bees?  Find the swarm/hive and destroy it.

Animals attack humans for different reasons.  If they are actually hunting the humans to make a meal of them, I have zero problem with hunting that animal down and killing it.

If it was just an animal that was startled, or defending young, killed the human, and then ran away, I have no problems with letting the animal go.

My guess is, you've never spent much time out in the wild.  I've been stalked/hunted by cougars twice now in my life, in two different states.  Nothing will scare the c**p out of you more than actually being hunted by a wild animal.

The first time, I was camping alone, with two horses, and my dog.  It was night.  I was in the desert of Eastern Washington.  It had been a good rainfal year, and there was plenty of wild game (not to mention range cattle).  That cougar had zero reason to come near a three day old camp, which had a fire going.  That cougar was far too bold, and should have steared well clear of me.

The second time was broad daylight.  I was horseback riding, through a scrub tree area.  That cougar should also have steared clear of me, and the horse, when I let him know it was not just a horse.  Yelling, and flashing a mirror into the cougars face.  I think it was a young cat, and trying to figure out how to ambush the horse and I.  It followed us for hours.

Neither of those cougars behaved like a normal wild animal.

~Garnet

Homesteading/Farming over 20 years

P.S.  I've lived near wild animals since the day I was born (my baby photos all have raccoons, or cheetas in them).  I know what is, and is not normal behavor for wild animals.  In my 40+ years on earth, I've never had to kill a wild animal in self defence, or in defence of my livestock.  I have had to shoot dogs people allow to run free....and then shoot my goats, which they tore up.

Answer 17

Oh, NOW you want to throw Darwin out of the picture!

If animals can't protect themselves from us, TOO BAD!!!