Alligators, Anti-hunters, and absolute stupidity

[Swamp Critter]

I realize the story is a couple of years old now, and I'd heard of a woman taking a big alligator in South Carolina, but it was just recently that I realized the absolute OUTRAGE that story has caused both in the United States and around the world. If you google Mary Ellen Mara-Christian from Massachusetts, you'll find tons of websites with her story, followed by unbelievably hateful comments toward her. Everything from cursing her lower than dog crap, to death threats. One site even posted her address and phone number. Thankfully, it was partially obscured, but a determined stalker could probably narrow it down. Along with the hateful anti-hunter's ignorant comments, occasionally someone with sense speaks up, even non-hunters once in a while. It's bad enough that the anti's rant on and on about us hunters taking deer and squirrels, but ALLIGATORS? They refuse to acknowledge the fact that alligators can and do sometimes attack people. Not so often here in Louisiana, but in other states they do. Even here in Louisiana they sometimes show up at city parks, neighborhoods, and even backyards AWAY from the swamps and marshes. It doesn't always make the news, but pets and livestock are killed. A boy from Slidell lost his arm a few years ago, swimming right near his own subdivision. Anyway, the facts and reasons for alligator hunting just get in the way of their emotional ranting. I guess you'd have to show them the mangled, half eaten corpse of a child. Even then, some would BLAME the child. What's WRONG with these people? You'd swear this woman from Massachusetts slaughtered a live human baby in public to read their comments. Of course, babies are slaughtered every day, and people just call it their "choice", but that's another post all together. They're uninformed, blindly ignorant, and outrageously hateful. I figure most of them have never seen an alligator outside of the zoo, much less in their own neighborhood. I'm sure some of you are familiar with this story, and I'm interested in your thoughts about this.