Originally Posted by LazyHippy

What a load of crap. There's a massive fucking difference between hunting or fishing just for sport and doing the same or farming for food.

I love wild fish and game and think we all should eat more of it (made a great venison stew yesterday...tasty!) The animal might have a less humane death than if it was farmed but it's life will have been a lot better and that is reflected in the taste of the meat. Compare wild to farmed duck for example, or salmon (although due to overfishing the ethics of continuing to eat them are questionable).

Hunting just for sport is despicable imo, why kill an animal if you aren't going to use it? We should use as much of the animal as possible too, not just for food. It saddens me that due the great work of PETA and others some Alaskan natives can no longer find buyers for the pelts from the seals they kill for food.

Killing animals for food is not just because we enjoy the taste. We may not need to eat meat but we are naturally omnivores and we do need the protein and nutrients meat provides. The reason most of desire meat and enjoy the taste is because our body knows that it is a great source of the stuff we need.

Having said that, I don't think the government should have banned fox hunting as banning anything is rarely a good solution. A better option would have been to prosecute where animal cruelty could be proved.