martybegan
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I am all for letting the canned hunter hunt.No, they'd rather poachers with AK 47's get every last one of them before "hunters" get them.Yo, its senseless, who can miss a sitting duck? The big animal has no chance of escaping, like a rabbit or bird?
So, if they want a big head hanging on the wall, buy a plastic one!!!
"GTP"
So you'd rather they die a slow painful death from starvation?
I do not consider most of what is sold as "hunting" in South Africa to be "hunting".
More like culling.
You go out into a National Forest in America, and kill a 5 year old white-tail buck, and you are a hunter.
Ordering a rhino or elephant on the internet, and flying to Africa to shoot it, is not hunting.
I can see that reasoning, but if there is a demand, and said demand can be used to fund conservation programs that help the overall specie, then let the canned hunter can hunt.
If I won the lottery, I would not do it though.
Pachyderms never did shit to me, and lions are just big kitties.
Got no quarrel with either.
The only reason I could ever fathom shooting a predator is personal protection or live stock preservation.
They're just to damn cool to be shooting for no reason.
The key to your statement is: "without cause." My OP reveals several "causes" for shooting animals. The "cause" that would initiate your killing of a cockroach is the same one that farmer would use to kill a mole or a Starling or the one that a rancher would use to kill a predator.
Also, there's no reason why "survival" and "sport" can't be combined. But one doesn't necessarily need to hunt deer for either sport or survival. It could be that a man is on a tight budget and decides that it's more economical to shoot a deer for the meat than to buy a year's worth of beef. Also, as stated in the OP, a person could shoot a particular species of animal for the long term benefit to that species. When herds of deer become overpopulated then food becomes scarce and the entire herd is in danger of starvation and disease.
Food for thought.
I can at least semi-understand people that hunt and eat their food. But I still don't feel like it's the right thing to do in this day and age. It's not necessary. I think humans have a responsibility to be friends of nature as much as possible.
Hunting is absolutely necessary to keep populations under control.
You'd have starving deer all over the damn place if you didnt thin em out.
That's right wing propaganda. Nature can balance itself.
We ARE part of nature, we just overcame our lack of thick skin, claws and large teeth via our naturally larger and more complex brains.
You're only making my original point. Barbarians choose to see themselves as simply animals too.
We are animals that can make lasers. Sooner or later the hunting laser will be perfected and hunting and cooking will be combined into one!
Look at that deer.... ZAAAPP!!! who wants a venison streak?