Keith B wrote:While I am an animal person, really love my pets and will protect them from harm, these 'nut jobs' are extermeists to the point of being terrorists. They can and will do whatever they need to get thier message out there.Charles L. Cotton wrote:Be careful protecting yourself or your children from animals. You can protect your livestock animals from attack under very limited circumstances, but not your children, your wife, your aged mother, yourself or your pets. [/sarcasm] The PETA nut-jobs really put one over on the Legislature this past session and it's going to get worse if people don't wake up. The way this is going, only TPC §9.22 "Necessity" is going to be a defense.
Obviously, I'm exaggerating folks, but these organizations/nut-jobs are a real problem and their legislative victory this past session is proof.
Chas.
Animal and environmental rights activists are not always peaceful. ALF, ELF, etc. have a lot of redicals that will push the limit to terrorism level if they need to. The FBI considers them as big a risk as many other terrorist organizations http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/19/domest ... index.html
They have even gone as far as targeting individuals they view as being cruel to animals. A rogue follower may be willing to make someone a target for their beliefs.
I work for a major untiliy. While I know wasp and hornet spray will work, a good gell type OC will do the job just as well and is viewed as more humane. So, bottom line, if you must protect yourself from an animal attack, I would suggest you do it in a manner that is NOT going to put you in the lime light and potentially get a target placed on you.
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