Guest guest Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Deb- > I can understand raising animals for food, but to go out and blow > away something wild in this day and age? It doesn't feel right. We > are already taking away their water, their wild spaces, their food > supplies....to take their lives is perhaps the final blow? > > I can understand the self-reliant urge to do so, but unless you are > a poor weary traveller with only a pack on your back and a gun on > your side, then I can't come up with any reasons to kill wild things > anymore. You wanna kill something? Then raise them on your own > land, protect them, nourish them...and then, provide for your > family. Anything else is simply sport. I understand where you're coming from, but properly managed, hunting can actually help maintain wild spaces by creating demand for them -- and hunters can also help manage populations that would ordinarily tend to be generally self-correcting due to other predators which have been squeezed out by human activity. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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