I feel bad after killing fish…?
I use to live in alaska, and would hunt elk and ox and bear a lot. Now I live in hawaii and I hunt with a spear gun in the water and I don't feel bad when I get something like a barracuda though. But when I get a fish that's just swimming in a flock and doesn't harm other fish minding his own Business, and I kill it and I feel like **** but I need to, to not starve to death, and make a living. How can I feel less guilty after doing this?????
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Personally I would be concerned if you felt no remorse after killing a living creature. Did you not feel bad about killing the elk, ox, or bear?
Remember that God gave us meat to eat and be healthy. The fish you just killed had a purpose in its life and that was to feed you.
you don't need to feel bad about it. It's not like those massive trawles dragging hundreds of tons of fish from the sea every day. It's one fish, and it's for your survival. It's an animal eat animal world, and that fish is your prey. If its helps, then think, if I hadn't killed that fish, then something else would have. A baracuda, a seabird, anything. Naturally, as humans, we feel these things, so you're bound to feel some guilt, just don't let it get the better of you.
Having a respect for the animal should be payment enough. I HAVE a great barracuda and he is a wonderful and personable fish, and surprisingly gentle with his tank mates. Just because another animal is a predator shouldn't make you feel less about killing it! Consider that most the "harmless" fish kill something to live, such as shrimp, other fish, coral, etc. Even herbivore fish can be violent (watch a blue tang fight off an invading school of convict tang for example).
You should only feel guilty if you feel you are doing something wrong. Killing for food is natural and not wrong, killing for pleasure and wasting that life is wrong.
I know how you feel. I truly do.
I'm a hardcore bass fisherman and I can't stand when a bass inhales a plastic worm and swallows it, then gets the hook set in its throat. Strictly practicing Catch-&-Release, I try so ***** hard to remove the hook without damaging the fish. Occasionally, one fish gets hooked in the giils and bleeds to death. When that happens, I feel really, really, really bad. Not to the point of crying, but you could say heartbreak almost. When a fish dies on me, I look around and give the fish to a person that's willing to to clean it, cook it, and eat it, and not let it go to waste. It's hard to not feel that way after more than 10 years of practicing Catch-&-Release on a regular basis…
I know my example is a bit different than spearfishing, but the attitudes are pretty much the same.
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Enjoy your pets.
Remember this you need to survive so u have reasons to do this.