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Hunting is Murder on Animals |
| Part IX -- Why the Starvation Argument is Immoral |
A hunter once said to me, as he was on his way to a hunting preserve: "If I don't kill the animals, the winter will."
The fact is: if there were no hunters to pay for the services of such preserves, there would be no animals there
to starve or shoot.
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Hunting preserves are amongst the most immoral places on earth. The animals raised there are practically pets they are so tame.
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Americans were justifiably shocked to learn that some Koreans are in the habit of hanging the family dog, butchering, and
eating him. But the hunting preserves in this country amount to the same thing.
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On one preserve you can actually shoot the animals without bothering to get out of your car!
The animals often come right up to your car, thinking you're one of the staff coming to feed them.
You can reach out and pet them, if you like, before you shoot them!
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A helpful guide will then give you a hand loading your victim onto or into your vehicle.
What a brave and manly sport is hunting!
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I don't mean to pick exclusively on hunters in this program.
I'm stating my protest against an attitude. A violent and selfish attitude.
A culture which condones murder and violence against any species -- including its own --
is a hurting society which desperately needs to change its attitude.
People who delight in killing or torturing any sentient being
need to take a long hard look at themselves and what they're doing.
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