Hunting, Friend or Foe

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| Hunting, Friend or Foe? | | | Aaron Bledsoe | DeVry University | A land riddled with the corpses of small animals. Lands barren of almost any animal or plant life as far as the eye can see. In the distance a dear poke its head from behind a bush in the distance. Suddenly, the dear begins to dart across the open field, bobbing and weaving through the sun burned grass making its way to the wooded area about a hundred yards ahead. In a minefield of unnecessary traps, the dear is snared in a trap that whips it upside down and quickly rushes the blood to its head as it passes out and slowly dies. A bunch of men stand from their hiding positions in camouflage and head gear as they laugh and bask in the joy of their accomplishment. Pulling out camera’s to show what a trophy’s they have caught that day. Sport hunting has become out of control, where there is a gray area on what is necessary, and what is going too far. From simple animal control in a human populated community, to hunting game in an animal’s natural habitat, people have abused the right to hunt animals. Hunting as a sport needs to be cut to a need to need basis instead of just for a fun recreational activity. As stated in the article Arguments for Hunting: “According the League Against Cruel Sports (LACS), hunting provides jobs for around 750 people. Hunters argue that these people would be unemployed if hunting was banned. It’s not a huge amount in the grand scheme of UK employment, but it would undoubtedly be a big blow to those involved, who would obviously then need to find alternative ways to support themselves and their families.” (Aquire, 2012) This shows a great argument for hunting that hunting provides jobs for a large amount of people in the UK. There are a few countries/cultures that still rely on the great hunt to provide meals for the colony. While the meat is used to
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