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From: A.S.Chamove@massey.ac.nz (A.S. Chamove)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Falconry...
Message-ID: <1990Nov21.015513.27747@massey.ac.nz>
Date: 21 Nov 90 01:55:13 GMT
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It seems to me to be an ethical question where the hunter is concerned.
The problem with hunting is twofold.
1--Is it sporting?  If you have a powerful enough gun, you can almost be
certain of a kill at any distance.
2--Is the havoc reasonable?  Centuraries ago it was OK to burn down 300
acres to grow crops for one family for one year.  Today the ecosystem
cannot withstand this pressure.  The same is true of hunters (and
fishermen) that use lead or that wound large numbers of animals.  The
pressure on animals (in Scotland where I have lived) has meant that
otters, the Osprey, kites, etc do not live in most of the UK (and wolves,
beaver, bears are extinct). 

Whether one causes more suffering than the other is not the question
(although that can be answered if one wants to).  What should WE DO?
That is the question.
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Arnold Chamove
Massey University Psychology
Palmerston North, New Zealand