Why is it that murdering animals is a sport, but murdering people is a felony?

Question

Oh give me a break. I LOVE meat, but anyone who gets any semblence joy out of killing the animal needs to be hunted themselves.

For that matter, I'm just apolled that anything that involves killing a living creature could be considered a sport. It's not wrong to kill or eat animals, but people who get off on killing them are no better than people who get off on killing humans.

For the last time, I am NOT saying that everyone should be a vegetarian and animals shouldn't be killed; I'm saying that there is plenty of meat in the grocery store for you folks to eat so you don't need to kill even more animals just because you need the overinflated ego that you get from killing your own food.

Answer 1

go hug a tree!!!!!!!!!
people that have never been out hunting have no idea what they are talking about.
i do not post or answer in categories that i know nothing about and there are a lot that would appreciate the same consideration.

Answer 2

You say yourself that you love eating meat, right? NO MATTER WHERE YOU GOT THAT MEAT, AN ANIMAL DIED. Seriously, you need to stop, shut up and think. You say that there is plenty of meat in the stores. Yeah, because someone killed some animals for you. Where do you get off calling hunters murderers when you yourself admit to buying meat from a store? What difference does it make if you kill your own meat? If nobody hunted, but meat consumption stayed the same, then there'd just be more business for slaughterhouses. Not to mention the overpopulation, disease and eventual extinction of alot of species. Don't compare human lives to those of animals. It's definitely not the same, and you should know why. Damn, you stupid ignorant hippies are starting to get on my nerves.

Answer 3

What difference does it make if the food industry kills your food for you or if somebody chooses to harvest the meat themselves? Just because you can't stomach the act doesn't make it wrong since you still consume meat. Hunting gives the animal an ethical death. If you can't handle killing, then don't do it and just buy your meat. Some of us like to harvest our own.

What makes hunting a sport is the challenge of harvesting that animal while giving it fair chance to escape and elude us. It takes great skill to get withing an ethical killing distance. That's the sport. Again, if you just want a slab of meat on your plate without the work or mess, then just go to the market and stay out of the fields and woods.

Humans have morals and a conscience which is why we know it is wrong to harm each other. We also understand how the ecosystem works and that these animals we harvest don't know anything other than the basic and primitive way of life. All they know is "survival of the fittest" and "kill or be killed". That is why it is not wrong for us to harvest them.

Answer 4

I am going to answer this from a vegetaraisn perspective..not EVERY vegetarians perspective but this ones.

I feel the same that it takes a hardened person to kill another living thing, personally I feel its murder both ways, not everyone does but I do. But murder is legal, not just of animals, its legal for cops, soldiers, and judges to kill another human (and not always in self defence.) so starting right there humans justify the act of killing another all the time with one excuss or another.

But you really can't tell me that you think a hunter is on the same level as someone like the boy in the news who baked a cat alive in the oven, because its just NOT the same thing.

I live in a big hunting state (Wisconsin) and there are some people who are just messed up when it comes to hunting, there are usually a few human deaths here during hunting season that are pretty sketchy as "accidental", as well there are a lot of hunters who decide to drink before/when hunting despite the laws. But not everyone is the same and most do not go out hunting with the sole basis in their head of finding enjoyment of watching something suffer, and you are just being predjudice if you are thinking a whole group of people are.

Perhaps you should have rephrased your question to "why is it illegal to pay a hit man to kill somebody for me but it is legal to pay someone else to kill an animal for me."
because if you feel there is no difference between someone killing a person or an animal then why do you feel there is a difference all of a sudden that you pay someone else to do the act for you?

A hunter at least is following the laws of the natural world, though it may be a bit neanderthalic, why do you assume you are better because you don't want to get your hands dirty?
lets look at your choices compared to theirs.

A hunted animal:
lived in its natural habitat.
Ate natural foods that grow in the wild.
had a chance to run, play, live for years unbothered.
Spent time in the natural social status for that animal, mating and being in natural contact of others of their species.
May have had a chance to raise babies.

the majority of the meat you eat:
grew up in an area so small it couldn't even turn around, and sometimes couldn't even stand up.
was force fed large quantities of medication and other animal products when they are natural herbivores.
was injected full of hormones.
Had their babies ripped away from them the moment they were born.
Were hung upside down on a conveyor belt by their legs, was dipped in scalding tanks, and/or had their throat slit, all while it was still alive.

Basically what you are stating is that you are so pathetic that you would rather lie to yourself, and disconnect yourself from the real world to make yourself feel better then face up to the fact of what you are doing. If you are going to eat it, kill it yourself, if you can't do that then maybe you should re think your choice to eat it in the first place!

Answer 5

I agree completely, I'm an avid hunter and can't wait for an open people hunting season, I've got a couple bosses, an ex, that guy at the car lot, let me know when i can get a few kill tags. theres way too much down time after deer season. And who says you can't eat people the little salad eater that wrote this probably has some tasty back straps I wouldn't mind gettin a hold of. Don't wear brown in the woods there, sally. ;)

Answer 6

Hunting isn't about the need for meat anymore. You are correct in saying that there is plenty of meat in the grocery store, and it's usually cheaper than a good hunting trip. There is the overpopulation concern that's been proven to be a problem. When there are too many deer in a given area, many starve over the winter months as there isn't enough food to go around. Also, it creates quite a hazard on the roadways. But none of this is all that important compared to the root cause / need for hunting these days. It's a part of our nature, part of our instinctive nature. Many hunters describe their hunt as a time to reflect, to get to know themselves on a deeper level. It can even be a spiritual event, seeing how God can provide even our most basic needs, our food. (which we take for granted in the grocery store) . Our ancestors didn't have grocery stores in the beginning, therefore it wasn't wrong for them to hunt. I would have to say it isn't any more wrong today than it was then, just that the need for it has changed.. or rather the reason for the need. Some of the best memories in my life were created on hunting trips. Hunts with my grandfather, with my father... with family friends... loved ones. I look forward to every years pheasant hunt in South Dakota. I think about it all the time, it's my time to hit the reset button.. to rethink priorities in life and to give thanks for the things I'd taken for granted that year. Most hunters experience some of this, but it's not the most macho of things to discuss. It's usually just something that goes unsaid between men.. unsaid.. but understood. We leave the hunt with more peace than which we had before, with more appreciation for that food that has been processed for us, and with a more profound understanding of life and it's frailty.

Answer 7

Right!! There is plenty of meat in the grocery store except that it doesn't jump out in front of me and total 3 vehicles in the last 4 years due to hunting restrictions on your Bambi. The deer population is totally out of control in many states and is causing a bunch more human deaths that that organic fed beef roast at the store which has very little flavor and too much chlorestral anyway.

Answer 8

Where do you think your hamburgers and steaks come from? Are you really so naive as to think that the meat you eat is magically produced without suffering or pain? You apparently know very little about the meat-packing industry.

Hunting is NOT ABOUT KILLING. It is about making use of a precious natural resource, and the challenge of the hunt. Animals are a lot more clever and capable than you yuppie PETA types give them credit for. It's not as easy as point and shoot, and more often than not, game animals present a challenge for the hunter that is not seen in the slaughterhouses where your steaks are "hunted". Think about it.

All you PETA types are interested in is a new set of "victims" that you can "crusade" for. You don't actually care about animals except in the sense that you can profit by them.

Answer 9

When is the last time a hunter got sick off eating what he killed himself. Unlike all the food in the market that has been shot up with drugs of all sorts. For humans killing humans, has always and will always be a great way of population control we need more of it.

Answer 10

You can attribute this partially to urban sprawl. We humans need more room, so we kinda "thin out the herd" U know? Also, most responsible hunters will swiftly kill and animal with a precise shot that kills them instantly, thus ruling out any pain felt. At least this is what I try to do.

Here in IA the DNR promotes deer hunting as a way to keep numbers down so that motorists don't hit and mutiliate them by collision.

There are many legitimate reasons to hunt, varmint control, food, pop. control. There are also rules for illegal harvesting of animals (i.e. poaching) that can be draconian.

Not everybody is a hillbilly trying to get rocks off shooting animals for the **** of it!

Murder is intent to kill with malice, and although I do not doubt that some sick bastards kill animals in this fashion, most people are hunting within the bounds of legality and you will find if you talk to hunters that they are very knowledgable about their pastime and adhere to the rules with discipline!

IDK what to say about people murdering people! That's just messed up!

Answer 11

You love meat but don't like hunters. Look pal, when I chow down on a juicy elk steak I know that animal had a fighting chance and also lived its life in the wild as nature intended. Next time you bite into a Mickey D burger just remember they hit that poor cow in the head with a hammer.