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SecularMotion

(7,981 posts)
Mon Feb 3, 2014, 09:33 PM Feb 2014

Why Sport Hunting Is Cruel and Unnecessary

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by ManiacJoe (a host of the Outdoor Life group).

Although it was a crucial part of humans’ survival 100,000 years ago, hunting is now nothing more than a violent form of recreation that the vast majority of hunters do not need for subsistence. Hunting has contributed to the extinction of animal species all over the world, including the Tasmanian tiger and the great auk.

Less than 5 percent of the U.S. population (13.7 million people) hunts, yet hunting is permitted in many wildlife refuges, national forests, and state parks and on other public lands. Almost 40 percent of hunters slaughter and maim millions of animals on public land every year, and by some estimates, poachers kill just as many animals illegally.

http://www.peta.org/issues/wildlife/wildlife-factsheets/sport-hunting-cruel-unnecessary/
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Why Sport Hunting Is Cruel and Unnecessary (Original Post) SecularMotion Feb 2014 OP
So again you have no personal opinion, one way or another? oneshooter Feb 2014 #1
Locking. ManiacJoe Feb 2014 #2

oneshooter

(8,614 posts)
1. So again you have no personal opinion, one way or another?
Mon Feb 3, 2014, 10:18 PM
Feb 2014

Another Google Dump.

ManiacJoe

(10,136 posts)
2. Locking.
Mon Feb 3, 2014, 10:24 PM
Feb 2014

If you are not going to actually start a conversation about the topic, leading with PETA will not help your cause.

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