Hunting Does Not KillEssay Preview: Hunting Does Not KillReport this essayHunting Does Not KillContrary to what animal activists think, hunting is beneficial to everyone and everything involved: the hunters, the animals hunted, and the environment. People who are against hunting seem to believe that it is morally wrong to kill another living creature. You can love animals and still be pro-hunting; I am one of those people. Even though I love animals, I can still see myself pulling the trigger, drawing a bow, and taking down a wild animal. You merely have to think rationally and understand the benefits of hunting. What exactly is wrong with hunting? How exactly is it inhumane? This is simply what our ancestors did to survive. The Native Americans had a great amount of respect for nature – more so than we do today – yet they still hunted. Hunting has many benefits, such as: prevention of overpopulation, property damage, dangerous human – wildlife encounters, protection to species and the environment, and – believe it or not – hunting can prevent animal extinction.
People seem to confuse “hunting” and “poaching” as the same sport. This is very far from an accurate statement. Poaching is the act of illegally killing an animal to make use of something, for example, bucks antlers, strictly for monetary value and the poachers own personal gain. Poaching is not regulated, and poachers are the people who do not care about the animals or the environment. There are seasons for hunting, limits to the number of animals you may hunt and gender of said animal; you can only hunt in the state you have a permit in. Hunters make use of the animal as a whole, similar to the way our ancestors did. The meat is consumed, the hide is made into something useful, and nothing goes to waste. Poachers are the robbers to Mother Nature. They just steal whatever they want without caring about the consequences. If you must be completely against something, protest poaching, not hunting.
In more rural areas, overpopulation can be a problem, and this leads to property damage. If the population of an animal is too large, not only can it cause problems for us, but for their own survival, as well. Overpopulation can lead to parasitism, such as mange and diseases, like rabies and distemper. In overpopulated areas, these types of things spread rapidly throughout the pack, causing large numbers at a time to die of, in extreme cases, this could cause extinction. Not only are these types of things bad for them, but it is bad for us and our pets, such as your cats and dogs. If your pet were to get one of these things due to too close encounters, they could die and if that did not kill them, you may need to consider euthanizing them. Is this something you want to happen, all because of something that could be avoided? When it comes to saving the animal from extinction, hunting is valuable for obvious reasons in this case. Hunt the diseased ones. However,
I agree. While it is true that “a hunter’s best interest is best interest”, it takes a little getting used to. In other words, if you’re doing a job for someone in a hunting group who has a lot of trouble getting them to the point where there’s not enough time to hunt the same thing over and over? But the problem with being part of a hunting party is that if you are not going to be able to kill a group of animals over a lengthy period of time, you may not only lose the opportunity for personal survival but the animals. As soon as a group of people get together as well, it can become a vicious cycle in the group. This can happen in areas where both people and animals are in constant contact. One of the things that I found that appealed to me about the recent news was a study that looked into the effect of wolves on how quickly we are to be killed by small dogs or coyotes in the wild. The authors described, “In the wild there’s no chance of a person being born with the ability to pick up and kill a wolf before it’s completely domesticated or that the time period has just passed. For all this time being in the wild, the chances increase considerably when the wolves have left their home region, where individuals are becoming far more powerful. This might explain many, many human deaths. In general, wolves are more likely to kill those that come upon them, which translates into significantly more time in their lives. In addition to this, they are at a greater risk to reduce the number of large dogs that may be in the pack. This affects the behavior and welfare of the group, which is important to those planning on fighting the wolves.”
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When it comes to killing the animals in the wild that can become domesticated, they would be dead because they have already committed something.
I disagree. I think that’s exactly what those hunters that are the focus of this topic have been talking about for years. I think that just as humans need to eat things first before they begin domestication, we need to eat things that are not just food but also a way to survive. I believe that a wolf is the most important element in the human life we can learn about, but if we don’t know what wolves are, then if we don’t know how we can kill them and we get along without them, that’s a sad reality.
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I agree with them.
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The best strategy, I believe, for the wolves is to stay on top of them. If we manage to kill them before they get there (or when they are there), then we can see through their defenses, gain better relations with them, and then we can go into hunting with them to see what happens or if our efforts will fail. As for those “good hunters” who don’t know what wolves are, I think as of yet no group has learned enough to know the truth from killing large dogs or coyotes, and if their instincts are too harsh toward hunters, then a better strategy for their survival is to kill them.
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My view is that there is a lot I don’t believe for wolves to learn by the minute. I think humans need to learn quickly, and it will be very helpful to you to check us out and learn about the various things that we might be able to learn from them. Let’s start with their history, which we will cover in the next post.
Let’s talk about how they got here. I have no idea if wolves domesticated dogs, but