I don't like to hunt, I don't plan to hunt, and I don't think I ever would want to hunt.

But, that doesn't mean I'm against it. I just wouldn't be able to bring myself to shoot an animal like a deer or even a lion. But some people depend on it for food, they sell meat to support their family. A lot of people depend on it.

So hunting-good.


There are no bad guns, just bad gun owners.

gyrrllll! meat from the market is safe. a hunting animals is for game...

I watched that program too and have to admit it changed my opinion on a couple of things. If people are going to eat meat i'd rather they went out and killed an animal as and when they needed it, rather than hundreds of thousands of animals being raised on farms every year just to be killed to fill the supermarket shelves and then a lot of that meat gets wasted. That doesn't mean i support hunting though because i don't, i grew up with a father who hunted and took me out hunting! but i could never bring myself to shoot an animal i just didn't have it in me, hence the reason why i chose to become a vegetarian later on in my teenage years.

Reference the tv programme it did shock me that lions, rhino's and various other animals were getting bred to be hunted or "canned hunting" as it's better known and i don't support that at all unfortunately no matter how much one of the guys was saying he was conserving animals at the same time.

Plenty of other people are managing to conserve endangered species without opening up "canned hunting" reserves, but i do understand a lot of these men have opened up their business to earn a living and survive. So even though i don't personally agree with it i still try to remain open minded about Africa being a very different culture to my own. At the end of the day who am i to say what's right or wrong in a different culture, i know i wouldn't put up with anyone trying to come into my country and telling me to change my lifestyle and my values just because they may think they're wrong.

That's just my opinion on the subject though!

Like everything else in life, hunting is neutral. Whether or not it is a good thing depends on why & how much you do it. Hunting should be okay if you're doing it for survival reasons like feeding, security, or skill progression in the aforementioned two. I've no sympathy nor empathy for those who hunt for any other reason and then get hurt or die from it.

In my opinion hunting is fine if it is for survival and not just for sport. The cows and hogs, chickens etc.. are being used to feed people.

Some people hunt just for the sport and having a moose head on their wall or a fish on a plaque. That's cruel for that purpose and totally uncalled for.

That is a kill for a thrill. The other is a kill for survival.

The question is too vague.

"Hunting, good or bad?"

I can't answer with that question.

"Hunting over-populated animals for sport, good or bad?"
I'd say, neither. It is necessary to control their numbers, but it is up to personal preference what method is used. Some people will enjoy hunting them.. some people would rather a more human "culling" method is used by officials.

But culling is brutal and just as inhumane, despite popular belief amongst greenies.

If they're shot.. they're shot, killed, and they're grazing or what ever as normal before they're shot. There's no capturing, or fear, like culling.

To the question..
"Hunting illegally, or hunting endangered animals, good or bad?"
Then obviously bad.

You can't just say "good or bad" for it all like that.


Get your Strength Thru Oi! o/