Hunting: More Harm Than Good
Every year, Swiss hunters harvest meat worth around 20 million francs.
Game meat: an inferior food product
The meat of wild animals comes from an average of 67’990 hunted deer, chamois, roe deer and wild boar. Lead is an extremely toxic heavy metal. Wild boar, roe deer and red deer are among the most heavily lead-contaminated “foods”. In children, elevated lead exposure can cause irreversible nerve damage.
Recreational hunting causes more harm than good
Recreational hunting fails as a means of population control. Recreational hunters cause personal injury (around 300 hunting accidents per year according to SUVA), as well as environmental and material damage far exceeding the average 2% caused by browsing damage.
Hunting ban and sustainable population control
Wherever hobby hunters are not permitted in nature, there is a flourishing and richer biodiversity. In 2012, only 19% of the Swiss population still supported recreational hunting for purely utilitarian reasons. More on the topic: Geneva Model, animal welfare issues and studies.
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