We hunt predators but we can’t say why
The New West / By Todd Wilkinson | Posted: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 1:15 pm
Consider this loaded question: Should grizzly bears, wolves and cougars be hunted for sport? Worldwide, given their rarity and declining numbers, should lions, leopards, cheetahs, jaguars and tigers?
If so, why?
Across North America we find ourselves in another big game hunting season. For many the harvest is as much about putting meat in the freezer — a form of modern subsistence — as it is about the profoundly personal act of communing with nature.
From an early age, a lot of us were taught two guiding ethical principles: Don’t take the life of an animal unless you intend to eat it, and, if you do kill, there ought to be a good reason.
As states sanction hunts of iconic predators (grizzlies and black bears, wolves, mountain…
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