Argumentative Essay-It's Time To Bear Hunting

As I write this on the first day of gun hunting season it comes into perspective what a huge pastime hunting has become and may I emphasize the word “pastime”. Hunting might have been an important aspect to the lives of prehistoric humans, but today many people hunt for the thrill of it. Did you know hunting kills millions of animals every year, many whom are just wounded and die prolonged, painful deaths? There are slaughter houses and farms that raise animals to kill specifically for these reasons. They are trained in how to properly butcher animals without causing them much pain, something hunters do often. Although hunting may seem like a fun hobby to some, it is a very unnecessary activity that needs to be put to an end. In addition

This stress limits the animals’ ability to eat sufficiently and store the fat and energy they need to stay alive throughout the winter. With the constant pattern of eating and running, eating and running , they can hardly scarf down enough to make it through the day. Also, some states permit bear hunting in the spring when the bears are just beginning to come out if hibernation. At this time the bears are still weary, making them easy targets, but also lots of the female bears at this time are either pregnant or currently nursing their young. These bears are usually shot while out looking for food, while keeping their cubs hidden in trees or leaving them behind in the den. When a mother bear is killed their dependent cubs have a very small chance of survival as they will either starve without their mother there to nurse them or be eaten by other

” Well, our ancestors also lived in caves and cooked their meals over an open fire, if at all. Furthermore, today we have the convenience of grocery stores and butchers which our ancient relatives lacked. Adding up all the costs of hunting licenses, guns, and other hunting gear it is actually cheaper to buy meat from a store, which rules out the dispute that it saves the hunter money. Other common arguments are that hunting controls and maintains the animal population. Well contrary to what hunters may think, hunting has nothing to do with the control or conservation of animals. In fact, a fraction of the wild animal population is specially directed to be killed. Because of this hunting actually causes overpopulation and ecological disturbance. While hunters believe they control the populations of the animals they kill, natural predators, wolves, bears, and mountain lions , are the actual ecosystem managers, if they too are not