I'm probably one of the very few hunters on here. My take on hunting (in general) is as follows if the animal harvested isn't going to be eaten, if the animal harvested isn't eating/endangering your your food supply (be it crops, farm animals, the animals you hunt of which you must allow for at least a few as predators DO serve a purpose)....then I don't much get the why of killing something.
I know if there are problem lions (you've used the picture of a lion for a meme), and "problem lions" meaning lions hunting people or too much livestock then yeah if you have family that has been attacked/killed by those lions or have to feed yourself/your community with that livestock then yeah you've got to choose between the lion's life or yours and who will be more comfortable. Not many people will allow for a comfortable lion when it's a choice between the lion or themselves/their access to food so that lion gets it and that is understandable in my eyes.
People going on safari to take prizesI'm not a huge fan of. I understand that it can bring money to very needy areas of the world, but at the same time I wouldn't want a glut of folks coming into my backyard and hunting the shit out of everything regardless of what they are hunting.
Poaching should be punishable by death. I hate those fuckers.
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