Hunting – Is the Bloody Tradition Justified?
Fascinating insights into the dark depths of the hunting world and its hunters. «Hunters are the veterinarians of nature» and further nonsense by the minute! The following topics were discussed, at times with great emotion:
Fascinating insights into the dark depths of the hunting world and the recreational hunting community. «Hunters are the veterinarians of nature» and further nonsense by the minute! The following topics were discussed, at times with great emotion:
The Discussion Topics
– Should recreational hunting be abolished?
– Are recreational hunters animal abusers?
– Is recreational hunting a pastime for high society at the expense of innocent animals?
– Are animals being unnecessarily anthropomorphised by animal welfare advocates?
– Are animal welfare campaigners actually genuinely concerned about animals, or are they really just “trouble-makers”?
The Participants
Participants included a passionate recreational hunter, a hunting expert and former lawyer, Prof. Klaus Hackländer from the Institute of Wildlife Management, Felix Hnat from the Vegan Society, Sebastian Bohrn-Mena, animal welfare spokesperson for Liste Pilz, and Dr. Christian Nittmann, spokesperson for the Initiative to Abolish Hunting.
Learn more about the criticism of recreational hunting in our hunting myths and about the animal welfare issues of recreational hunting.
More on the subject of recreational hunting: In the dossier The Role and Criticism of Recreational Hunters we shed light on the training, power and self-image of recreational hunters. 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.
