Cal Sibley, & every one else, Here is a little more info.
We are still getting things organized & trying to come up with a different/better name than HETA. I think it might cause some problems down the road with "other" groups!
Some people are worried about what we are trying to accomplish & how we are going to go about doing it w/o offending one side or the other. Well, we are doing our research & are walking very lightly at the moment! We need all the help & support that we can get! Something has to be done to help protect our sport!
It's not going to be just another "hunting" site, It will be about hunters educating the general public on how hunters feel about animal cruelty & teach them that hunting is not "cruel" & "inhumane" & that we, as hunter, view animal cruelty the same as everyone else.
Where do we draw the line, somewhere down the middle.. people need to know what hunters are all about & that it's NOT our mission to "kill" any & every thing that's not human. Peta & other groups have most of the general public thinking what we enjoy doing is WRONG & BAD & is no longer needed in this day & age. That is not true.. if we stop hunting, most of the animals that are here now will not be here tomorrow!
Phil B.
This site would be geared more to the neutral (non-hunting) community to inform & teach them. You see, the problem is w/the anti-hunting groups feeding everyone B-S & lies about hunting & hunters, they want everyone to think we kill just for "sport" & that's not true! They also want everyone to think we shoot everything that walks by, cat's, dog's ect. I'm tired of hearing it! They just don't like hunting & want it banned! No if &'s or buts!
Hunting IS ethical, starving "your pet" is not! That's what the site is about. YES, I HUNT.. BUT, I DO NOT ABUSE OR MISTREAT ANIMALS!
Phil B.
This is Quoted from the Chris, He is the one that suggested the idea of the group HETA. I just thought OK, So, I threw a "sample" web page together & posted it. I thought it was a great idea & now, we are working to get things rolling.
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"Hi all. I just want to say when i originalyproposed forming a group named HETA, my intention was not to start another pro hunting site. There are enough of those and quite honestly, another one will get us nowhere. the group that I proposed would actualy be one whose main concern was animal rights. This theoretical organization would be called HETA, however, it would really have nothing to do with hunting other than the fact that it would give hunters a safe venue to do their part in stopping the cruel and needless suffering of animals. Period. Just by doing this, you will be sending a huge message to the non-hunting public that hey, we are not all just a bunch of gun toting, arrow flinging yahoos. We see whats going on and we want to help. It bothers us too. This new organization would offer the non hunting public a better alternative as well to utilize. A less extreme approach. Anotherwords, yes, we eat meat. Yes we eat wear leather. Yes we believe that it is necessary to do medical experimentation using animals to try and cure diseases. But we absolutely don't condone animal abuse such as beating animals with clubs, skinning them alive, torturing them, and so forth. We realize that there are homeless pets that need help. We want to help. I propose an animal rights organization that is more realistic to todays society than the over the top extreme groups that are present today. This whole thing has alot less to do with hunting than is being emphasized. I ask all of you not to do anything right now other than to discuss the theory. This would be an absolutely HUGE undertaking. It needs to be handled with EXTREME thought and strategy. I realize that it is a very exciting concept, but I beg you all not to act on it. To act prematurely could be disasterous. Just so you all know, i have contacted Buckmasters, and discussed this with them. The 'Higher ups" are currently discussing it. Buckmasters is an organization with the resources that can pull something of this magnitude off. Please be patient, but keep on talking about it. And remember, whatever you post right here may be being read by the man himself...Jackie Bushman! They have been watching these threads from the start, as soon as i realized that we were onto something big." END QUOTE.
I'll have more info for every one later.
Thanks, Phil B.
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