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Look up creatures it says human or animals, get it.......

{Sitting back and waiting for the fur to fly.}

If it weren't for evolution, wouldn't we all be "just animals"?

whoanellie - maybe these sub-human idiots will run down YOUR pet next time they are looking for a thrill kill. No big deal though...it's just an animal, right? Or would that be different because it is YOUR animal and not some wild animal?

Just an animal?? That maybe what the snowmobilers thought. When we cease to respect life, animal or human that is when things like this happen. Don't lessen the importance of ALL life in this world.

I do agree with you. If you have a pet, I believe you should take care of it and treat it like you would any other member of your family. But I still blieve that human life should be above an animal as God would have it. It's not nice what these snowmobilers did but it was just an animal after all. We should get as heated up over human life. (even more!)

We can sympathize with both whoanellie. But the taking of any life is irresponsible and wrong. And we do get it. Life is life. Mohatmas Ghandi said "The greatness of a nation and it's moral progress can be judged by the way they treat their animals."

tbov: Here's the difference Duck-creature, Baby-human Get it? I hope you do, most don't!

cardtrader,
Please don't use the word hunters when talking about the actions of these individuals. This has nothing to do with hunting. Hunters started the first of the conservation efforts in this state and still fund an overwhelming number of conservation projects today.

Hey cardtrader--don't try to link this to hunters. These are people who sit and watch "jackass" on TV and think they have to go out and get their thrills in some stupid way.
It has nothing to do with hunting!

These kind of people that do this are just plain cowards that cant stand on there own two feet so they get off by killing sitting ducks on ponds, or chaseing down deer for the thrill kill, Great White Hunters

Hey whoanellie, Don't forget animals are gods creatures too.

Once again some morons kill with total disregard for life. I don't understand the mentality of these people. Obviously their mentality isn't that high. Total idiots. What was the thrill? Huge machines driving over a flock of innocent ducks? Why is there such a total disrespect of life?
Can someone explain this ? I just don't get it.

OH PLEASE!!! This much hoopla over some ducks?! Nobody gets this upset when millions of babies are murdered EVERDAY! by people who call themselves doctors! I don't think it was a nice, smart thing to do but they are just animals after all and babies are human! God help us get our priorities straight and please forgive us!!!

let the them go through the ice if they are that dumb, it might mean a job opening for someone else

I'm against any police surveillance here, but these snowmobilers need to be more responsible.

Why not forbid such activities at that bridge (and some other areas), and put signs warning of fines before a human being dies, rescuers dive and search unnecessarily, cost taxpayers money, all along with more animals dead? It would be a faster, cheaper way than liscensing all drivers and such, and might save lives. Just a thought.

Something tells me the wonderful people who did this will one day grow to be WI's next big serial killer. Really, what sane person would do something like this? These people are obviously very disturbed and need some serious help!!!

beeferer I'll say it for you slow down LOL

Sure hope the murders don't duck out when it comes to the bill. Somebody will have to quack sooner or later.

garyprimer...you got a good laugh out of me on that one...unless you're serious. {:<)

For the rest of you, there has always been morons and since snowmobiles were invented there has been morons riding them.

Ducks huddle together in large masses in the night through the morning. That's why it is possible to kill so many ducks with just one or two snowmobiles.

Sarah - it is hard to drown a duck, they do pretty well under water.

My thoughts and prayers are with the ducks and their families.

I wonder if we could get the DNR to string some wire along the river bank...let everyone know, mark it with flashing lights, the whole nine yards.

Jerks! I almost hope they drown next time.

Next time you see someone snowmobiling over open water, tell them to... (Don't make me say it.)

It only takes a few to ruin it for others. If they would have only ducked....

This is disgusting. That is all I have to say. Aren't they killing deer too?

Sad display of respect for wildlife.. 60??? Unless there was like 10 snowmobiles, then it is a complete act of violence against helpless animals. Hope they catch them!

runts i believe those birds flew into the plane engines also the pilot had no choice these idiots do as they know the ducks are there.

I work right by there and the ducks are there all year round. They are usually always huddled together under that bridge in the winter. This is starting to get ridiculous now being the second time I have seen this happen. We sit and watch snowmobilers contemplate going under that bridge all the time because it never freezes under there. We have also seen a few of them go right in the water. The river on the other side of that bridge wasn't even frozen as of last week. These people are crazy to be out on that river in the first place. Something should be done about this situation. It is dangerous and these ducks shouldn't have to suffer. It took a long time to get all those ducks back after the last time this happened. I will miss hearing them at night when I am working. It is just sad to hear that it has happened again.

I am appalled there is nothing stopping snowmobiles from running up and down the river like this. I drove over the bridge in Fort Atkinson 2 weeks ago and saw large sections of open water with snowmobile tracks covering the river. The tracks go near the open water and through it. This is unbelievable. How many times have we heard news of snowmobilers dying from plunging through the ice? How dare they risk the lives of the search and rescue teams for absolute ignorance. I do not care if a snowmobile can go fast enough to span the open water or not. The message it sends to kids is the ice is safe. I can't imagine the loud rawr of the engines homeowners living on the river hear as the machines ramp up engine speed in an attempt to keep the snowmobile afloat. I know what it sounds like out on the lake, and I think it borders on that of a Harley or a truck that is straight-piped with glass-packs. Certainly alcohol must be a factor because it is maddening to think someone would do this on their own free will knowing of the historic record of snowmobile deaths on this river. What utter disregard for anyone but themselves. Just imagine what your children or parents will think when they come to identify your frozen, waterlogged body that you forced area rescue teams to recover. If only it were that easy to be grossly indifferent, I would suggest that any recovery efforts be postponed until Spring in such cases where reckless abandon is apparent. If only it were that easy.

Maybe the DNR needs to require that snowmobilers have a special license. That way, when these jerks decide to terrorize wildlife, their licenses can be revoked.

Am I missing something, or does that number seem a bit high for an "accidental" run over? How do you kill
60 ducks, with one snowmobile, if you only make one pass? Even if there were 4 of them, it seems sort of off.

Q: What kind of idiot drives a snowmobile across open water?

A: An idiot with a death wish.

runts, are you serious? An airplane pilot would endanger the lives of hundreds of people if s/he tried to avert hitting a gaggle of geese. Snowmobilers, on the other hand, appear to be doing this senseless act on purpose.

The guys that did this are idiots. But they will claim it was an accident. I will also guarantee that they were also drinking and/or were coming from a bar.

This same thing happened just a year or two ago in Fort Atkinson. What are these people who do sucn senseless things thinking?

The snowmobile clubs are going to need to worry about a lot more than rewards if this crap continues to happen. The idiots out there are giving you all a black eye.

I can only hope these morons underestimate the length of the open water over which they are skipping and go for a nice, cold mid-winter swim while their feather covered machines find there way to the bottom of the river.

woody:
when i ride my bike, i've hit voles, mice and squirrels and have been hit by birds.
horses inadvertently smash things all the time.
i think we should all just stay indoors and in so doing, project all wildlife.

Save wildlife....walk or ride bicycles and horses.

but its okay for airplanes to hit several birds makes no sense