I
like animals. I believe that animals
need to be treated humanely by humans (which was NOT the case with Cecil the Lion). But humans have one thing animals have
not: Responsibilities.
Many
of these animalphiles seem to overlook the fact that animals have no
responsibilities. Because animals can
never be held to the responsibilities humans are, they must necessarily be
subservient and secondary to humans.
Animals can cause great harm to humans, and to civilization (which is
based upon humans having responsibilities).
When animals such as Travis the
Chimpanzee act up, they need to be put down.
In a
court of law, Travis can never have been "guilty" of anything because
he had no responsibilities to neglect or flout. The killing of animals, then, is often
necessitated through no fault of the animal; they are just being animals.
Like
the birds that often frequent the vicinity of airports. Bird ingestion by aircraft engines can yield
disastrous results. Some bird-brained
self-appointed guardians of birds attempted to prevent the Port Authority of
New York and New Jersey from ridding the wetlands around the airports it
operates (JFK, LaGuardia, Newark Liberty, and Stewart) of migratory birds who
pose aviation hazards. The Port
Authority duly obtained appropriate depredation permits from the Department of
Agriculture, so Friends of Animals brought suit against DOA and its various
subagencies (including the Fish and Wildlife Services), challenging the
issuance of the permits, and arguing, among other things, that the permits were
not species-specific.
Friends
of Animals lost in the District Court; they appealed. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld
the District Court and confirmed the validity of the permits. The Port Authority is now free to cull the
bird hazards.
My
question: How many FOA people have
traveled to or from the New York area via one of the Port Authority's airports?
Labels: Airline Security, animal rights, Port Authority
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