Do you agree with hunting?
Hunting for fun, (not for survival or protection of farm livestock.)
depends what you are hunting.
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I find trophy hunting repulsive. Anyone who sees this, a beautiful elephant innocently standing there and being shot (with little to no skill to boot) and doesn't see anything wrong, well, I don't understand you.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12310335/horror-video-show-moment-hunter-kills-young-elephant/
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Just saw this link. That is one sick little kid....
shareNo. I have no problem with people who hunt for food and where I live the deer population is a serious hazard for vehicles. I've been in a few close calls myself. But I have no interesting in hunting, for fun or otherwise.
shareA family member of mine works at a nature sanctuary - or did before Covid - and even they realize culling the deer population is necessary. Besides traffic accidents, the overpopulation has a negative impact on the ecosystem. When there are too many deer in a certain area, they absolutely decimate the underbrush.
shareYes, very good point.
shareNo, I don't. Killing animals for fun is barbaric.
shareIf you are eating what you hunt, then yes. I agree with it as much as I agree with fishing.
Trophy hunting is a big hell no.
sure. i have no issues with hunters. i'm a vegetarian almost all the time - only exceptions are holiday meals with the family - but i have no issue eating hunted meat, and occasionally will get some deer from the techs i used to work with.
whether they're doing it for fun or whatever their motivation, what i think matters is the fact that the animal isn't penned up & condemned to an often miserable life.
if i was a real man, and not a half-formed boy-child, i'd get my hunters license and go out and do it myself, but i don't think i'm quite mature enough for that level of responsibility.
I am staunchly against trophy hunting, but I think hunting for food is more ethical than buying meat from the grocery store, where the animals mostly come from factory farms. Very few animals nowadays come from farms where they actually get to roam around and live a good life.
With that said, "fun" is subjective. I fish in the summer for food, but I also think its a fun sport. I assume hunters must feel the same way. There is a sense of accomplishment when taking an animal from the wild to feed yourself with. And for the record, most hunters have great respect for the animal they kill.
I've known a lot of people who hunt, and they seem to be responsible about it. It's deeply ingrained for a lot of people, and some will claim hunters are some of the biggest contributors to conservation efforts like habitat preservation. I'm not totally sold on that last argument, but I respect their right to be hunters if they follow the guidelines and have integrity in their actions.
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