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Originally posted by godwulf
Neither would you. Nor did all of those people in D.C. a while back, at least not the ones who died instantly.
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I think that gets to the heart of why hunting is still OK. Those people in DC who got shot had family who mourned the loss of a loved one. Even those who didn't know the people were shocked at what had happened. No one knows for certain how animals feel about the death of one of their family members or one of their kind. I know elephants have been shown to mourn the passing of a herd member but not all animals seem to care that much. That is why it is still considered OK to hunt animals, because if you kill a deer does its deer family even care? Does a deer mom cry or feel any extreme pain over the loss of its deer child? As long as the answer to that question is still up in the air many people will not care if a wild animal dies. And frankly because many wild animals live solitary or semi solitary lives I suspect the answer to if the animal cares that another of its kind (or even a family member) got killed will still be a no.
I know it doesn't make it right but until it can be shown that animals have a larger range of feelings, many people are not going to care because they simply don't relate to the wild deer that got shot by a hunter.