should hunting be banned as a sport?

Answer 1

depends on what animals do you hunt.. for a rare animals of course it must be forbidden..

Answer 2

No! I live in a rural area. Hunting is controlled and is helpful to not only the local economy but also the environment. Yes I said the environment. Deer (around here) have no natural predators. Hunting is used as a population control. If there were no hunting deer related car accidents would increase. (if you've ever hit a deer you know how dangerous that can be). If there were no hunting deer, the increase herd size would eat crops thus causing more problems for the local economy. Hunting is a good thing. There are programs to allow hunters to donate the game the shoot to local food banks. So once again hunting is a good thing.

Answer 3

I can only touch base on this one partly because I havent consider hunting for moose or caribou once a year a sport.And I dont really know anyone who do here in Newfoundland ,Canada.. I listen to Americans who refer to big and small game hunting as sport. I cant for the life of me put these two words together. Not da momma.!

Answer 4

well duh no one is going to hunt an animal to extenction!!! However, hunting is a very important part of nature. Too many people in the world are so closely tied to their emotions when it comes to this subject. I thank tou for asking this question and can not stress enough how important it is to the world. First theres the obvious, If animals arn't hunted, they become overpopulated, move into urban environments looking for food, and will eventually die of starvation and disease. On the other hand, if hunting is allowed, fewer animals die, the products are harvested and used, and the animals die of a quick clean kill. Also americans spend millions every year on hunting equipment. This creates an enormous boost for the econemy. So its just like killing three birds with one stone.
You yourself may choose not to hunt, which is very understandable and I can respect that, but dont stand in the way of the people who choose to help the world a happier place for both man and beast.

Answer 5

Yes, I think all hunting should be banned. The less people we have running around with guns the better.

Answer 6

Yes... we're all creatures on this planet. Who is to say that one species is better than the rest? The human race has a huge ego. If any killing is to be done, it should only be done for survival purposes. And about this whole population control thing.. who says we have more of a right to live in an area than deer do? Sure, a collision with a deer on the road can happen. All you have to do is drive carefully, and god forbid, maybe a little bit slower.

So yeah, my answer is yes, it should be banned!

Answer 7

hunting should not be banned! for thoose of you who think it should, get a life and get off the computer and go outside! we kill animals to eat and feed our families! States have laws protecting animals and making sure that they wont be hunted to extinction. As long as people follow the laws to hunt animals, it should not be banned!

Answer 8

No. Absent hunter's fees and the expenditures made on related equipment, funding for conservation would drop by more than half. Given the ever-increasing pressure upon our wild lands and open areas by a mushrooming population, it is foolish to think about eliminating this major source of funding.

Agreed, few Americans need to hunt for sustenance. But here in the Northeast, deer control is absolutely a must - a farmer can lose enough of his corn crop to deer, for instance, that his profit is entirely gone. So either someone keeps the herd in check or a good many farmers go out of business, your grocery bill skyrockets and more of us go hungry. You can keep that herd in check by having state employees go out and kill a certain percentage and pay their salaries and benefits, or you can allow sport hunting and reap the benefits of their license fees and the expenditures on equipment that I mentioned above.

There is a third way: you can simply leave the deer alone and allow them to continue to grow in numbers, which in turn will make them all highly susceptible to disease, which will wind up destroying them all. Then you won't have to worry about it because there won't be any deer. Professional wildlife biologists all know this -why don't you listen to them?

The key is regulation. There should be much more stringent licensing requirements and much stricter control of the handling of firearms in this country. Non-hunters have to get used to the presence of hunters in the woods and hunters need to take care around all others. And if you choose not to eat meat, that's fine - but you are not welcome to attempt to shame, cajole, or otherwise impose your dietary habits on others. Don't offer me any of your tofu and I won't offer you any of my venison. Deal?

Answer 9

Depending on the type of animals being subject for hunting. If is an endangered species, it should immediately be stopped.

Answer 10

Some hunting is necessary to cull the heards and control population. I think if you are going to eat the meat and not just have the antlers or head mounted then it is okay. But if you are going to waste the meat then you should not be hunting.

Answer 11

Yes