Who can deny anyone their final wishes? Well, I can if it involves killing an animal.
Frank Gray wrote in a recent column about Jason Wright, who has an advanced case of cystic fibrosis. Jason’s dreams will come true when he travels to New Zealand in July to hunt and kill a red stag.
Apparently, there’s a growing demand for gravely ill children who want their final wishes fulfilled by taking the life of an animal. There’s even a not-for-profit organization, Hunt for a Lifetime, dedicated to “granting hunting and fishing adventures and dreams for children age 21 and under, who have been diagnosed with life threatening illnesses.”
And this would be laughable if it were not so tragic. Michigan Representatives Robert Gosselin and Leon Drolet recently introduced House Bill No. 5998 which, if passed into law, would permit the terminally ill to be exempted from regular hunting restrictions.
Talk about a right to die.
