Should Animal Hunting Be Banned?

[Philly]

[Philly]

[Libertarian602]

I shoot a deer and a elk every year. I put their meat in my freezer, there's nothing "sporty" about it.

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[Winchester]

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Hunting, within a sensible system of environmental preservation, is largely a good thing. Helps maintain eco-equilibrium in many areas.

The moral angle isn't really important to me. Killing a pig is way more ethically wrong than killing a deer or a duck, as pigs are pretty intelligent. But even then I come down firmly on the side of not caring, as I don't think they pass the self-awareness threshold that really makes killing a moral problem.

That said, meat eating really is destroying our planet, and while I will personally and quite hypocritically never give up my steak, I think it's important that we do over the long term transition to a vegetarian diet. The health and environmental benefits are too huge.

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