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Coromandel shootings - harm_less - 17-12-2024
Apparently this is the alleged offender in the shootings that happened on the 309 Road last week. I immediately suspected it may have been retribution against poachers but this puts a whole different perspective on the event.
RE: Coromandel shootings - zqwerty - 17-12-2024
Yes you need to be careful of whose pigs you are poaching and butchering in the back of your truck.
Coromandel shooting: Victim Kevin Mabbott’s mother pays tribute to ‘vibrant, lovable, crazy’ son
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/coromandel-shooting-victim-kevin-mabbotts-mother-pays-tribute-to-vibrant-lovable-crazy-son/NABPLKPXUNFOVJS5Q2NHJPXEC4/
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/536830/coromandel-shooting-victim-named-as-kevin-mark-mabbott
RE: Coromandel shootings - harm_less - 17-12-2024
(17-12-2024, 12:14 PM)zqwerty Wrote: Yes you need to be careful of whose pigs you are poaching and butchering in the back of your truck.The mother should be grateful that the situation was reported sufficiently quickly that evidence of her “ratbag, free-spirited son" wasn't consumed by the pigs.
Coromandel shooting: Victim Kevin Mabbott’s mother pays tribute to ‘vibrant, lovable, crazy’ son
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/coromandel-shooting-victim-kevin-mabbotts-mother-pays-tribute-to-vibrant-lovable-crazy-son/NABPLKPXUNFOVJS5Q2NHJPXEC4/
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/536830/coromandel-shooting-victim-named-as-kevin-mark-mabbott
RE: Coromandel shootings - zqwerty - 17-12-2024
With their caretaker/owner now being in custody/remand no doubt the poor pigs are being poached willy nilly.
RE: Coromandel shootings - Lilith7 - 17-12-2024
The poor old chap; I doubt he'd survive a prison term. Being away from his pigs would probably break his heart, & I hope his friends can somehow make sure they come to no further harm.
While I wouldn't condone his actions, they are understandable & I think deliberately killing what were effectively domestic pets is despicable.
Intelligent pigs, about as intelligent as a four year old apparently.
https://www.worldanimalprotection.ca/blogs/how-smart-are-pigs/
https://thehumaneleague.org/article/pig-intelligence
https://www.newrootsinstitute.org/articles/pig-intelligence
RE: Coromandel shootings - Lilith7 - 18-12-2024
He's remanded in custody & the future of his pigs is uncertain.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360526971/uncertain-future-coromandels-wild-pigs-after-shooting
There are some people trying to take care of the pigs, they've set up a fund raising page.
https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/save-the-coromandel-pigs-urgent-appeal
RE: Coromandel shootings - Oh_hunnihunni - 18-12-2024
If someone was trying to steal my cat - to eat - and I had a gun, I'd shoot them too.
RE: Coromandel shootings - harm_less - 18-12-2024
(18-12-2024, 04:50 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: If someone was trying to steal my cat - to eat - and I had a gun, I'd shoot them too.
Absolutely my sentiments too, and the same applies to our livestock who are essentially edible pets, but only by us or our kin.
RE: Coromandel shootings - Lilith7 - 18-12-2024
(18-12-2024, 04:50 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: If someone was trying to steal my cat - to eat - and I had a gun, I'd shoot them too.
Me too - those pigs are his family & zero skill is required to kill them because they're so tame & deliberately shooting a tame animal is despicable, the act of a coward.
RE: Coromandel shootings - C_T_Russell - 22-12-2024
I don't really have any sympathy for the fella he shot, not that it was an excuse for his actions. The world is better off without such scumbags.
He wasn't a poacher, he literally shot his treasured animals.
See this post attached for more context.
(18-12-2024, 04:50 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: If someone was trying to steal my cat - to eat - and I had a gun, I'd shoot them too.
Damn right!
RE: Coromandel shootings - Lilith7 - 22-12-2024
(22-12-2024, 11:00 AM)C_T_Russell Wrote: I don't really have any sympathy for the fella he shot, not that it was an excuse for his actions. The world is better off without such scumbags.
He wasn't a poacher, he literally shot his treasured animals.
See this post attached for more context.
(18-12-2024, 04:50 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: If someone was trying to steal my cat - to eat - and I had a gun, I'd shoot them too.
Damn right!
Blardy hell! I think this might be a first - we all agree on it...I might need a cuppa.
RE: Coromandel shootings - nzoomed - 23-12-2024
(22-12-2024, 04:11 PM)Lilith7 Wrote:(22-12-2024, 11:00 AM)C_T_Russell Wrote: I don't really have any sympathy for the fella he shot, not that it was an excuse for his actions. The world is better off without such scumbags.
He wasn't a poacher, he literally shot his treasured animals.
See this post attached for more context.
Damn right!
Blardy hell! I think this might be a first - we all agree on it...I might need a cuppa.
Was just about to say the same thing!