Hunting, like many other things in our society has been going on for
many years. People have always had something to say about hunting and
how cruel it is etc. But now people are actually trying to put a
total stop to hunting for fun. In this essay I will be putting
forward the arguments for and against hunting. I have done research on
ther internet and recently watched a program about hunting in Exmoor.
There are many reasons for hunting, whilst researching I have found
many plausable reasons for hunting and also many unplausable reasons,
in this section of my essay, I will be putting the “for” argument
across to you. In Exmoor there are over 6000 red deer on the hills,
farmers feel that it is their responsibility to keep deer numbers down
and to stop them from eating all the crops on their land. In Exmoor
around 1000 red deer are killed each year by farmers and hunters.
Farmers have been known to kill the deer “inhumanely” when they
trespass on their land, many hunters believe that it is better to hunt
the deer than to let a farmer take a random shot at it, they say that
hunting is a lot more human for the animal and they don’t feel the
pain, they die instantly.
Many businesses in the hunting towns rely hugely on the hunts. Many
of the businesses would be out of business if hunting was to be banned
in the UK. Some of the businesses affected would be:
· Saddlery
· Hotels
· Pubs
Many of the proprietors of these businesses believe in hunting and
believe that it has to be
done to stop the deer eating all the crops and ruining the countryside
by eating everything!
Hunters, as you know use dogs to chase the deer, although the dogs
never actually come into contact with the deer, and the deer are never
ever attacked by the dogs, the dogs are used purely to track the