On Hunting, Anti-Hunting Advocates, and Animal Rights
Historically speaking, hunting for population control is not hunting either, but rather terrorist zooicide.
Anti-hunting advocates campaign for alternatives
Anti-hunting advocates campaign for the protection of wildlife and advocate for alternative methods of regulating wildlife populations, such as the creation of natural habitats and preventive measures. Recreational hunting fails as population control.
Animal Rights
Animal rights are moral rights that recognise animals as sentient beings. No recreational hunter would do anything for species or nature conservation if they are not permitted to kill. Practically everything that violates animal welfare is considered fair chase.
Culture of Non-Violence
Recreational hunting of wildlife for pleasure is a sign of cultural barbarism. Civilised culture means: thou shalt not injure and kill. More on the topic of the Geneva Model, animal welfare issues and studies.
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More on the subject of recreational hunting: The scientific evidence is presented in the overview Studies on the Effects of Recreational Hunting.
The position of IG Wild beim Wild: IG Wild beim Wild rejects recreational hunting. Our model is the canton of Geneva, which has managed without recreational hunting since 1974: without hunting seasons, without hunting dogs, without driven hunts, without high seats, without the animal cruelty and crime that go hand in hand with hunting season elsewhere. What has worked there for over fifty years disproves every position paper by JagdSchweiz. An association that bases its policy on claims it refutes in its own documents is not a professional organisation, but a factory for misinformation.
