Questions For Animal Rights Activists!

By Stephen M. Vantassel

Below are questions for animal rights activists that newspaper reporters, radio reporters, television reporters should ask when covering stories about animal rights protest industry activists.

Read the questions below. Feel free to use them when interviewing and questioning animal rights activists. It contains a great deal of information that debunks the animal rights agenda. I have published a number of articles, including peer-reviewed as well as a book: Dominion over Wildlife: An Environmental-Theology of Human-Wildlife Relations (Wipf and Stock, 2009) detailing the logical, conceptual, and factual inadequacies of the animal rights position. Feel free to contact me [email protected] for more information or if you need additional questions for animal rights activists.

These are the questions reporters should ask animal rights activists. I have also provided the rationale for why the question is appropriate.

1. If lethal control is not warranted here, why doesn’t  your organization solve the problem? (Animal rights organizations are  really a

   

   money making machine. But unlike businesses, they collect money  so that they can lobby government to spend its money). For information on  their finances visit http://www.guidestar.org/index.html

2. If Bailey and Hancock traps are as humane as you say,  why don’t your members trap beavers now and help reduce the exploding population? (Fact is these traps are not necessarily more humane than other traps hated by animal rights groups).
3. Why does your group think that it is better for an animal to starve to death than to be killed by hunting or trapping? Why is it more “natural” for an animal to starve than to be killed? Aren’t humans part of the ecosystem?
4. Given that habitat destruction is the leading cause of animal death, why doesn’t your organization purchase land for preservation purposes? (or spend more on protecting habitat?)
5. Are you against whale hunting because whales are truly endangered? Or are you against whale hunting because you don’t believe in the utilization of this resource for any reason? Or is your organization’s opposition a combination of the two or something else?

For the second batch of questions for animal rights activists click Questions.

Stephen M. Vantassel, CWCP, ACE, is the owner of Wildlife Control Consultant, LLC. He helps people restore their balance with nature through publishing, training, consulting, and the internet. He has published numerous articles in trade and academic publications available at {Stephen’s Academia.edu Page} along with several books {WCC Store}). Listen to his podcast “Living the Wild Life” at {Pest Geek Podcast}. Click the links for past {shows} and {interviews}. Please subscribe to {Stephen’s YouTube Channel} He is a sought after speaker and trainer. If you would like to have Stephen speak at your event or use his consultation services, send an e-mail to [email protected] Copyright All postings are the property of Stephen M. Vantassel and Wildlife Control Consultant, LLC. Text (not images) may be reprinted in non-profit publications provided that the author and website URL is included. If images wish to be used, explicit and written permission must be obtained from Wildlife Control Consultant, LLC.