We don’t have to look far to see that hard times have certainly fallen on many in our country. Throughout our history as a nation when hard times hit we can become very resourceful living off the land to make it through. Seems like some people living in a NY City Park are doing just that living off the small critters they can trap or catch.
Cops have busted a group of oddball poachers in Prospect Park — a band of vagrants that was trapping and eating ducks, squirrels and pigeons.
Parks officers wrote four tickets — two for killing wildlife and two for illegal fishing — totaling $2,100 in fines during a two-day period last week.
While I’m not big on poaching I got to wonder if this is the lesser of two evils when it comes to folks that are homeless and unemployed. I’d rather see them out trying to help themselves rather than pan handling. Of course many of our parks have an over abundance of wildlife populations so I’d rather see them go to sustain a hungry person. The last city I was in there seemed to be ample supplies of pigeons and squirrels and geese. I’d much rather see a homeless guy holding a sign looking for garlic and spices to make a jerked pigeon rather then willing to work sign.
For now, wildlife advocates were hailing this month’s busts.
“The fact that they’re ticketing is great — it’s so badly needed,” said goose lover Mary Beth Artz. “I hope they keep it up.”
What a sad commentary on our society when people care more about a critter than a fellow human being.
Matthew 25:40 ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
