Sect-like Image Campaign in Schools
For some time now, it has been observed that hunting-enthusiast recreational hunters are conducting a sect-like image campaign in kindergartens and schools, with the goal of introducing our animal-loving children to the cruel hobby of recreational hunting .
The manipulation of children takes place through playful methods and is promoted as a nature conservation project. The militant recreational hunters also violate the charter of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child with their activities: that children are protected from violence.
Let us resist. We say NO to the teaching of our children by recreational hunters.
With this campaign, IG Wild beim Wild aims to protect minors from the harmful effects of the violence of recreational hunters . The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child includes, among other things, the right of all minors to physical and mental integrity.
Hunting Culture and Violence in Schools
The uncouth culture of recreational hunters is linked to school shootings. There are studies showing that students involved in school shootings had “practised” on animals and that many of them hunted.
According to experienced child psychologists, hunting conveys dangerous values to children. Children are falsely led to believe that it is acceptable to ignore the feelings, needs and rights of other living beings. Yet they should instead be taught that it is important to treat others with respect and care — and this naturally includes animals.
Further information: Violence in Schools | Psychology | The List
More on this in the dossier: Psychology of Hunting
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More on the subject of recreational hunting: In the dossier Alternatives to recreational hunting we show political and practical alternatives to 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.
