YES YES YES...MT: On a very different topic, is it true that PETA is investigating the use of drones to overfly hunters this Fall and, if so, won’t the drones themselves be easy targets for trigger-happy hunters? IN: Indeed, it is true. We’re quite excited to find a life-saving use for aircraft thought of as lethal bomb-delivery systems. MT: What do drone-manufacturers say about PETA’s proposal? IN: We have lots of support from drone manufacturers, garage hobbyists, military personnel, etc., and we’re excited to see if we can make this work—finally go after hunters who have felt shielded from scrutiny out there in the woods. MT: What other problems does PETA have with hunters? I know there are one or two issues…. IN: Every hunting season, we get complaints from people who find animals dying slowly of blood loss and gangrene because hunters didn’t even have the decency to follow them and finish them off. PETA investigators have seen Canadian hunters wound bears who then ran off, grievously injured. We’ve also seen hunters shoot mother bears dead, leaving behind orphaned cubs, who are unlikely to survive alone. We’d rather the hunters shoot down our drones than a deer or a dove or a bear, and we’ll catch them on real-time video feed if they do.
Posted on: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 13:46:44 +0000
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