I have no idea if this is a good idea. It is not a science. If you love animals with a passion you’ll hate the abuse of animals with an equal passion. If you love animals slightly, you’ll dislike the abuse of animals to an equal extent.
The more you genuinely care about animals the more empathy you have for them. You can feel what they feel and that is not anthropomorphizing animals. It is simply being knowledgeable about them and connecting one’s emotions to that knowledge. It is a connection with nature and our roots.
The balance between loving and hating in respect of animals and what happens to them is very similar to Newton’s Third Law, which states that forces are equal and opposite. All forces come in pairs. When you push off the ground with your foot you exert a force on the floor. The floor exerts an equal force on your foot.
The same principles are in play in the balance between caring for animals and hating the abuse and the needless killing of animals.
This is why I hate people who hunt animals for sport. Yes, hate is a strong world but so is love. You can’t hate sport hunting and respect the person who does it. Sport hunting is a human self-indulgence. It cannot be justified. If sport hunters justify it by saying there is a need to cull animals to keep numbers down, I argue that is a false argument.
The only reason why wildlife populations need to be kept down is because human population numbers have risen resulting in an encroachment onto the habitat of wildlife such that the animal then becomes a problem to people. It is a self-induced problem and the solution should be focused on people.
Sport hunting is good for the economy. It is good for people. It is an abuse of animals.
In the long term the planet cannot sustain 7 billion people as the earth’s resources will be depleted in doing it. By 2050 the population will be over 9 billion.
The reason why I say Grumpy cat is exploited and rant about it is because I love Grumpy cat. Why do I love her? Because she is vulnerable. The more vulnerable an animal is the more we should love and care for that animal. There is an equality in that equation too.
I’ll end there.
What controlled situations are used that have less chance of causing pain? I have never injured an animal in my life. All animals that I harvest expire in seconds. Its why I like bow hunting. I can tell by the body language of the animal it felt little pain. I have seen an animal suffering and in pain. I haven’t seen that hunting. I’m not going to lie. I know some animals do suffer. Not all hunters are ethical or responsible. Thats on us hunters as a group to police. I have dealt with irresponsible hunters in the past. The arrow is so fast and so sharp it all happens quick. I am sure a measure of pain is felt but I don’t think it suffers. It’s literally over in a couple seconds. It’s still hard to watch but it seems more humane than living on a farm and then going to a slaughterhouse.
Ben, you cause pain to animals when it does not have to happen. Full stop.
It has everything to do with hunting. I don’t hunt for fun. I take no joy in killing anything. I do enjoy being the woods though. Everything except a couple organs gets used. Very little goes to waste. What does get left behind is quickly taken by the other animals. I hunt because I feel wild game is a healthier alternative to store bought meat. I buy eggs from a local farm because the chickens are free range. I am not a fan of some types of farming. Factory farms are an awful thing. Giant chicken house are deplorable. I detest veal farming. I decided long ago I would rather starve than eat veal. Wild game is a way for me to provide my family with meat that isn’t loaded with hormones and other chemicals.
Great Leah. We think in exactly the same way in respect of hunting. Hunters are blind to what they are doing. They always find a way to justify it. They play mind games with their own minds.
Ben what has this got to do with hunting? You hunt for fun. Period, full stop. That is cruel.
You don’t have to hunt wild animals in order to eat meat. Shooting a wild animal will cause pain. Every time.
If you want to be a carnivore eat animals that were killed under controlled conditions that are as humane as possible not by bow and arrow or rifle bullet in a forest when you will inevitably injure the animal.
We have moved on from hunting for food or are you still living in the 19th century?