rocketparrotlet said:
What do you hunt the most ??
Furbearers (coyote, fox, bobcat)
Peace,
dave
Do you at least eat the meat? Seems like a terrible waste of a life not to.
This is a very old argument. It is also one that has never been actually thought through by the person making it. The assumption in the argument is that the only justification for killing an animal is that the carcass is completely utilized by the person killing it or that the only reason to kill something is if one is going to eat it.
Those assumptions are false. Neither of those conditions are required of any other segment of society, including the person making the argument (you).
Do you at least consume the entrails of the pig that died for your bacon? Do you at least suck the marrow out of the bones of the cow that died so that you could have a hamburger? Do you at least use the claws of the chicken that died so that you could have chicken noodle soup to make a nice set of earrings? The answer to these questions is, "Of course not." We
do not utilize the entire carcass of the animals we kill.
Sometimes the argument is made that with today's commercial meat processing industry that the entire carcass
is utilized. I will grant that, but it is utilized by someone other than the person who killed it or the person who ate it. Also, much of the "unused" parts of the animals killed are actually used to feed other feed animals! In nature, very little goes to waste. The parts of the carcass that I leave in the field, feed other animals and organisms AND any parts not directly consumed by other animals and organisms is utilized in the soil to nourish plant life. That is how nature works. In addition, would you prefer, for the animal that was killed, that it live on a commercial feedlot or in a cage for its entire life or wander in nature for its life?
As for the argument that the act of eating the animal is the only reason to kill it, I only have to ask you how you treat rats, spiders, snakes, ants, etc in your home or in nature. There are many reason to kill a wild animal. Eating them is one of the
least used justifications.
Peace,
dave