{"id":28586,"date":"2016-07-18T11:52:12","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T11:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=28586"},"modified":"2016-07-18T13:52:32","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T13:52:32","slug":"bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/07\/bears\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears and hunters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hunters killing bears are clearly<br \/>\nNot the farmers friend<br \/>\nNot the friends of anyone<br \/>\nAnd the environment does send<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s messages apparent<br \/>\nOut across the great<br \/>\nSky of true effectiveness<br \/>\nThat its miracles create<\/p>\n<p>Complete equilibrium<br \/>\nAnd hunting the predation<br \/>\nIs totally immoral<br \/>\nTo speak of conservation<br \/>\nBy killing created animals<br \/>\nIs an anathema of sin<br \/>\nAnd Bears play a great part in life<br \/>\nThough their worth to some<br \/>\nIs thin<\/p>\n<p>Guns and ammunition<br \/>\nHunting clobber too<br \/>\nThere is a vast support group<br \/>\nSupporting as they do<br \/>\nThe corporation safari clubs<br \/>\nAll in the trophy game<br \/>\nMaking out they are useful<br \/>\nYes constantly they claim<\/p>\n<p>How good they are<br \/>\nAnd how the local population too<br \/>\nWelcome them with open arms<br \/>\nBut we know this isn&#8217;t true<br \/>\nDestruction of the predator<br \/>\nIs an arrogance and we<br \/>\nMust try to stop this madness<br \/>\nWhich is psychopathy<\/p>\n<p>Imagine a bear an amazing soul<br \/>\nWith so much worth who takes on the role<br \/>\nWho is terribly complex Manages lots<br \/>\nAn honest miracle hear the shots<br \/>\nRing out from hunters far away<br \/>\nTelescopic lenses play<br \/>\nHigh five offerings every time<br \/>\nA bear is shot down in its prime<\/p>\n<p>Huckleberries and nuts and fish<br \/>\nCarrien sometimes<br \/>\nMoths too wish<br \/>\nA Hunter had really shot them all<br \/>\nBut it is breaking every rule<br \/>\nFor bears adapt<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s what they do<br \/>\nCutworm moths they take the view<br \/>\nGo up to the rocky climes<br \/>\nAnd turn over stones<br \/>\nSo many times<br \/>\nThe moth is<br \/>\nLargely lots of fat<br \/>\nCalories is where it&#8217;s at<\/p>\n<p>For about five weeks it does its thing<br \/>\n300&#8217;000 it can bring<br \/>\nDown and into its mouth and so<br \/>\nIt puts weight on and it can grow<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s thought the moths are hiding there<br \/>\nAway from the heat that they might share<br \/>\nThe parents have told their babies they<br \/>\nCan eat this bounty anyway<\/p>\n<p>When salmon are spawning<br \/>\nThe rapids splash<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s when the fish make their dash<br \/>\nUp stream and is a time when Bears<br \/>\nStanding and fish for he who dares<br \/>\nWins up here in the frosty clime<br \/>\nFresh rich salmon off the line<\/p>\n<p>The bears can smell their noses are<br \/>\nExtra sensitive from afar<br \/>\nThey can smell the moths and go to where<br \/>\nThey will be huddled in some despair<br \/>\nThe grizzly or the black bears do<br \/>\nLove the taste of the cutworms who<br \/>\nProduce their moth who likes to be<br \/>\nUnder the rocks decidedly<\/p>\n<p>Bears eat honey and they do<br \/>\nHave great long tongues<br \/>\nAnd They work them through<br \/>\nthe termite kingdoms<br \/>\nWhen&#8217;e&#8217;re they can<br \/>\nRaising their calories<br \/>\nWhich is the plan<br \/>\nThey burn up a lot<br \/>\nSo they have to eat well<br \/>\nWild is as precious<br \/>\nSo they tell<\/p>\n<p>HUnters are wasters<br \/>\nThey make a loss<br \/>\nTaking out animals<br \/>\nThey don&#8217;t give a toss<br \/>\nThey think  they know everything<br \/>\nBut in effect<br \/>\nTheir minds are not with them<br \/>\nThat I detect<\/p>\n<p>All the hangers on<br \/>\nKeeps them in play<br \/>\nThe lead and the tungsten<br \/>\nThey use everyday<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s shot into environments<br \/>\nThis toxic brew<br \/>\nAnd weakens so many<br \/>\nAgain it&#8217;s all true<\/p>\n<p>BEars Lions and Elephants<br \/>\nSuffer so much<br \/>\nRecently Giraffes have come into touch<br \/>\nCheaper to slaughter<br \/>\nAnd easier to see<br \/>\nA bloody great target<br \/>\nTaller than a tree<\/p>\n<p>As the number of wild souls<br \/>\nDie out by the day<br \/>\nFarmers have taken to trying to pay<br \/>\nLip service to them the starlEts I mean<br \/>\nOn TV in programmes<br \/>\nI call them obscene<\/p>\n<p>Trophies and canned hunting<br \/>\nEvils that cost<br \/>\nWhole environments<br \/>\nAre being lost<br \/>\nPrey animals growing<br \/>\nWith predators killed<br \/>\nThus vegetation<br \/>\nAnd blood being spilled<br \/>\nFor nothing theSe hunters<br \/>\nWant shooting i say<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s just Make it crime and then make them pay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hunters killing bears are clearly Not the farmers friend Not the friends of anyone And the environment does send 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