European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 15, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday. October 15, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 11 aim Landers dear Ann Landers attached is a copy of How to Tell right from it appeared in your column the last week of december 1979. I first read in when i was a College Stu Dent. Now i m in my mid-20s and i still read it frequently. I m sure if you rerun it someone else will Benefit As much As 1have. Thankful in Texas dear Texas anyone who puts in eight requests in five Days deserves attention. Here s in is How to right from wrong 1. Does he course of action you plan to follow seem logical and reasonable never mind what anyone else has to say. Does it make sense to you if it docs it is Proba Bly right. 2. Does it pass the lest of sports Manship in other words if everyone Fol Lowed this same course of action would the results be beneficial for All 3. Where will your plan of action Lead How will it affect others what will it do to you 4. Will you think Well of yourself when you look Back at what you have done 5. Try to separate yourself from the problem. Pretend for one moment it is the problem of the person you most and mire. Ask yourself How that person would handle it. 6. Hold up the final decision to he glaring Light of publicity. Would you want your family and friends to know what you have done the decisions we make in he Hope hat no one will find out Are usually wrong. Dear Ann Landers this is in response to the letter from the grandparents who do nol want to be used As baby Sitters by their adult children. My husband s parcels expressed these same views. They too Are in the Twilight of life and want to enjoy themselves. In the 12 years we have had children 1 can count on two hands the limes we have asked our in Laws to baby sit. Our kids do not even know where their grandparents House is. They go there so Seldom. Nevertheless every Winter when they go to Florida we arc called on to take their dog for three months get their mail twice a week and Forward it water the plants weekly clean the House before they return Sec to in their blowing Man docs his Job. Visit various sick relatives on their behalf. When their health fails who do they think Wilt have to care for them the col. Lapse of the american family is a National disgrace and it in t always the fault of ungrateful children. In my opinion Par cols should accept their share of the blame when they behave like my a Laws. I feel belter now. Thanks. Anonymous please dear anon right you arc. How sad that they can t see thai their indifference to their grand children will reap a bitter Harvest. If Chil Dren arc ignored when they Are growing up they will return the indignity when they Are Young adults. Dear Ann Landers my Boyfriend and i have a of he outdoors men defend Hunting trapping of animals Star spangled Banner. I say it s. � of who s right the d s in Denver you re both wrong. It s Happy birth Day to i would like to reply to the offering of or. Schwiler s prayer for in Observance of National Hunting and i Ishing Day. I am afraid that my reply will be a running out of some old Boring facts. They Are nonetheless facts. Fact dear animal Lover the Hunting and fishing being observed on Hunting and fishing Day arc not the illegal poaching Market Hunting rampant in or. Schweit Zer s Africa but the Hunting of sportsmen in our country and around the world. Hunting in our country is possibly the most regulated sport going even More so than sky diving scuba diving and Auto Rac ing. You Sec no one can Tell you once you be Learned How to do it that you can Only jump from late september to Early november or that you can Only jump twice during that time. No one would think of telling a golfer that he is Only allowed to play a certain Hole on a certain Day. Fact Hunting is regulated with an end in mind. Professional wildlife managers throughout our country and by the Way Here in Europe will Tell you that their most effective wildlife management tool is the Hunter. The Hunter is limited to a cer Tain number of animals to certain times to certain weapons in order to thin herds that would otherwise overgrazed today s shrink ing ranges. Fact in order to stalk and kill murder Slaughter slay you can 1 am sure substitute a suitable verb a Deer for instance a Hunter must know something of Deer. One must know about a Deer s feeding habits How it moves when in moves Breeding habits How it reacts to Man and a considerable bit about its biology and physiology. Furthermore one must know How to approach it How not to be heard and thus How to make the least Impact on its Range. The average Hunter of my acquaint Ance knows More about the animals in question than the animal fact with a groundswell of Oft times Well meaning opinion to eliminate or severely limit sport Hunting Hunters arc More and More conscious of their duty to the preservation of Hunting and thus to the preservation of wildlife and wild lands. The Sierra club and the National Audubon society have made great strides in preserving our National wilderness areas. The National Rifle association its Allied clubs and organizations and such sports men s clubs As ducks unlimited have been successful in buying preserving and thus making it possible to pass on our natural wildlife ranges. Finally i enjoy the wilds. I encourage everyone to experience the pleasures of a Mountain Stream. With or without a Rod and reel As is your Choice. I enc our afe everyone to walk through a Forest Clearing just As Dawn Breaks. With a Rifle or with a camera. One does t need to stalk a Deer to appreciate it. Still some of us wish to have the of lion of stalking a Deer and resent efforts to eliminate this option on less than rational grounds. Just As that selfish Hunter spoils a Day in the Woods for someone else the uninformed emotional voices who decry Hunting As cruel stand to finally ruin our wild lands for All of us. Deer Elk Bear and a Host of other creatures exist in the numbers that they do not in spite of Hunting. The numbers and conditions of herds both of which Are excellent Given the limits Man s expansion puts on their habitat arc directly attributable to the efforts of Hunters to make them so. The Reader who submitted or. Schweitzer s letter ii. To be commended for her concern and love of animals. There arc Many instances of cruelty to animals existent today from capricious experimenting to neglect of House Pels to cruelly for profit. Staff sgt. . Hewitt Augsburg Germany. I find it almost comical that these same people who clamor about the Slaugh Ter of female Deer or How Many dumb animals must be sacrificed to make a coat will very gladly sit Down in the local Gas Haus to a Steak dinner or schnitzel without Ever slopping to Realie How or where that meal originated. Afterwards they will put on their hand some Sucic jacket and slide into the leather upholstered scats of their Auto. Yet be cause they have a i Brake for animals bumper sticker on their car their con science is appeased. This g our blames the Hunter for the extinction of wildlife. In reality it is the Hunter trapper and Fisherman who. By their dollars and Volunteer efforts Are basically the source of the abundance of fish and animals of which America can boast. They have restored the Deer herds cleaned our lakes and Rivers and brought Back the huge flights of ducks among others master sgt. Wayne Blum bad Stoelz Germany this letter is addressed to whomever wrote the no fur Oats letter. I wonder How much this individual really knows about wildlife fur ranching and trap Ping my guess is not very much. 1 wonder if this person knows what kind of care goes into raising these fur bearers for example a Mink rancher spends on the average depending on the sic of his Herd. 10 id 12 hours daily feeding bedding and watering his animals. They arc fed com Mercial feeds which contain a More balanced diet than most human beings should Ever Hope to cat. Also most ranch raised animals arc of different color phases than their wild cousins that rarely occur in the wild therefore they probably would t exist in any num Bers if it weren t for fur ranchers. As far is killing methods arc concerned yes these animals Are gassed with Carbon monoxide Gas. The process usually takes about 5 to 10 seconds Quick and absolutely painless. It s a lot More humane than most natural forms of death such As Dis ease and starvation. 1 know All this because i have worked on Mink ranches. For years my father in Law raised them. Also a close Friend of mine raises them. This individual tries to put across to the readers that wild animals have the same feelings and emotions As your Pel dog or Pel cat. This is an extremely false notion. Things in the wild Are nol like on Walt Disney movies. Animals do not play and dance and sing together. Wild animals live in a kill or be killed environment As far As most fur bearers Are concerned most of them being predators. And with More and More wilderness being consumed by every one from homeowners to industrialists these animals arc forced to live in More crowded conditions causing the spread of diseases and a scarcely of food resulting in starvation. Therefore these animals must be managed in some Way which is where trapping comes in. It is a proven fact that harvesting a controlled amount of animals annually produces a Strong fur and healthier Herd proven by leading game biologists. These same biologists Are aware of the fact that the steel trap is the Only efficient Mcleod used to Harvest these animals. Box traps will not work on foxes and coyotes. As far As the amount of cruelty caused by the trap and trapper it is very Little in actuality. The most common size trap used today is the no. I coils ring which has a jaw spread of about 4inches. It does t Cut the foot off or smash it. In just holds the animal there until the trapper comes and checks his traps which in most cases is every Day. As far As killing methods arc concerned most trappers including myself use a Well placed .22 Bullet to dispatch the animal. A lot less painful than dying of rabies or starving to c Cath or even being eaten by other predators. I would also like to Lay a Wager on this individual that i know More about and care More about the preservation of All wild animals. Also i would like 10 inform this person that it is because of sportsmen and women i.e., fishermen trappers Hunt ers through the Sale of licenses and do nations from such groups us ducks unlimited the National Rifle association. That there is any kind of wildlife management programs in the United Stales. Pvt. 2 Mark l. Tins my Kirch goons Germany european edition capt Dale a Patterson us editor in chief cmdr Jeffrey s. Zakim us Deputy editor in Chim . 8lackwcll m. Proctor . Mcdermott production manager managing de. Circulation manager this newspaper ii an auth cried Enol Ocial publication or member of the military service or near con Lens it the stars and str Cwi Art nol wet Sariin official vie Al of endorsed by. The u &. Government the Deparini no of detente or the u s european command the Apo earn Ceol advertising in inv publication. 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