On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:53:40 -0500, OmManiPadmeOmelet
wrote:

Ah, but it's ok if your livelihood is destroyed by the coyotes, because
it's wrong to kill them. Then when all the wildlife and livestock is
destroyed, the coyotes will starve to death.

But since that's "natural", it's ok.

Right?

:-P

Well, I personally wouldn't have a livelihood which involved the
slaughter of animals, I'm vegetarian and working at transitioning into
veganism. I hardly think people who run animals over for sport, using
their snowmobile, are doing it to save their livelihood. And since
you asked, no, it's not okay with me if an animal kills another animal
even if it's natural. It rips my heart out just thinking of the lives
which are ended in brutal violence so other animals can eat. I cringe
if I see a bear eating a salmon, or if I see a human gunning for an
animal for fun. It's really bad karma. The way karma works is that
when you kill, you will be killed. It may not be in this life, but it
will ripen in any life when the conditions present themselves. A
coyote was once a human who killed coyotes with their snowmobile. So,
as a Buddhist, I refrain from doing those sorts of things to prevent
being born in the animal realms. You may not believe in karma, and
that's okay too,but even Christ loved all living things and didn't
intentionally kill any of them to help them not starve.