I’m not anti-meat. It’s an unfortunate part of life that humans can’t survive without consuming other living beings (meat, plant and fungi). Some people require meat for medical reasons. Others don’t have access (physically, dietarily or monetarily) to meat alternatives. This means that meat is necessary for humans to stay alive.
Farm animals are bred specifically to
be eaten. Wild animals are not. Plus, there are more than enough farm animals
to feed everyone. This makes killing wild animals unnecessary, excess deaths.
Why should they die when we already have an alternative?
The amount of farmed meat that is
wasted each year is horrendous. If all those excess farm animals go to waste,
killing wild animals only exacerbates the problem. Also, it’s a bit of a kick
in the teeth to farm animals being killed for us to eat them, and then for them
to go to waste because someone’s eating a wild animal.
*In regards to tribal people and the
extremely poor, hunting is necessary. Tribal societies often use all of an
animal so that it’s not wasted. I think this is really important. If an
animal’s going to give its life for us, we should respect it.
Also, consider the UK.
It has no large predators which means
herbivores (like deer) aren’t naturally kept in check. This leads to
overgrazing which damages the plants and imbalances the whole ecosystem, making
every living organism’s life harder.
So deer need to be culled to keep the
ecosystem healthy. (That, or reintroduce large predators to the islands. The
British public would never allow that.)
They aren’t unnecessary deaths, unlike
the majority of hunting. Using their bones, meat and hide is respectful because
then they aren’t going to waste. Their
deaths are legitimate.
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