PETA Writes to Bear Mauling Victim

[Ah Pook]

http://www.wearecentralpa.com/story/...-EaCF1y2kf5yqw

PORTER TOWNSHIP, CLINTON COUNTY - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals or PETA, has asked a local young woman who was mauled by a bear to stop hunting.

PETA sent a letter to Camille Bomboy, the 18-year-old hunter who narrowly survived an attack by a mother bear Friday morning.

Bomboy was attacked by a bear Monday morning at her family's farm, and suffered bite injuries to her arms and shoulders and almost lost an ear. Her step-father was able to scare the bear off by shooting a rifle into the air.

Bomboy is at home healing and had said that the mauling won't stop her from hunting. PETA suggested that Bomboy take up hiking or photography.

The full text of the letter is below.

December 13, 2013

Dear Ms. Bomboy,

I am writing on behalf of PETA and our more than 3 million members and supporters, including thousands across Pennsylvania, to send our best wishes for your speedy recovery and ask you to take a few moments to reflect on this incident. This seems to be a good opportunity to put yourself in the place of the individuals you and the rest of your hunting party were trying to kill. As terrifying as it must have been to be attacked by a bear, please consider the frightening and painful experiences that hunters set out to impose upon animals. There used to be a bumper sticker that read, "I support the right to arm bears!" That was a joke, but in all seriousness, it would be a blessing if you were to abandon hunting and decide to live and let live.

As this mother bear demonstrated, animals form intense bonds with their young, just as we do, and will go to great lengths to protect them, just as your stepfather did for you. Like us, animals value their lives and don't want to be killed. And many animals endure prolonged, painful deaths when they're injured by hunters but not killed outright, which I'm sure you know firsthand from being in the woods. A study of 80 radio-collared deer found that of the 22 deer who had been shot with "traditional archery equipment," 11 were wounded but not recovered.

Now that you've experienced the horror of an attack—although this one was in self-defense—we hope you will choose to enjoy nature in only nonviolent ways. Thank you for your consideration.

Kind regards,

Alicia Woempner
Special Projects Division Manager

[SuperiorDG]

PETA the Troll. Let's see how much press they get out of this.

[kidicarus13]

Assuming Bomboy was attacked while hunting... be careful out there, turnabout is fair play. As far as the letter from PETA.... poor timing. BTW, I'm a carnivore, hunt at your own risk. I've never been injured reaching into the freezer at King Soopers.

[RblDiver]

I'd love to see her reply back: "On the contrary, I think I'll go get stocked on bear steaks for life!"

[theGinsue]

This seems to be a good opportunity to put yourself in the place of the individuals you and the rest of your hunting party were trying to kill.

Individuals? I thought see was hunting animals, not people. Geesh. The mindset of PETA people never ceases to amuse me.

[Hummer]

I wonder if PETA also wrote to the bear to ask it to consider becoming a vegan, to stop killing deer, rabbits, squirrels and baby birds, to realize that they, too, don't wish to be eaten? The letter demonstrates a complete failure of critical thinking regarding the nature of nature itself, and that PETA and it's 3 million members constitute the lowest common denominator among human life. If PETA people were to get a fresh start on planet earth they would evolve backward into single cell creatures.

[buffalobo]

I would reply and thank them for their well wishes and send a smiley too.

[brutal]

Why do vegans hate animals so much? If they really loved animals, they wouldn't eat all their food.

[Ah Pook]

Truth be told, get in the way of a mother and cub, there will be shiat to pay. Had a good friend get in the way of a moose cow and cub. Half an hour later, she was still trying to shake the cow.

[Hummer]

While hiking north of Ward today I came upon a cow and calf moose. They ran off. I think they sensed I wanted to eat them.