Reply #132: Not all hunters are right wing. [View All]

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There are hunters from every part of the political spectrum, included not a few here at DU.

I'm a vegan, but I recognize that society isn't going to fall in line with my ethical views about animals any time soon. And honestly, a deer that spends a few years out in the wild doing deer stuff with other deer, eating grass and enjoying the sun and fresh air before a sudden, quick death has led a life about a trillion times better than any factory-farmed cow or pig has.

And with the death of most of the apex predators in our ecosystem the sad fact is that hunting is necessary. Without it starvation is a very real fate for many of these animals.