I was a hunter and on my first day I didn’t get a buck, so I decided I wanted to shoot something. I shot an innocent bird out of a tree. It fell to the ground and I watched it take it’s last breath two feet from me. I killed for no reason whatsoever. That moment has haunted me ever since. That day I made a commitment to do everything I could to help the innocent lives of animals. I still feel sick that I did that every time I think about it. I try to use the experience as empowerment. What it really was was a jerk-off kid who was bored. The idea of hunting and the relationship between it and the disregard for life is a very real concept.

Rikki Rockett of Poison (via celebritiesloveanimals)