Sport Hunting
Although it was a crucial part of the survival of human beings 100,000 years ago, hunting is now nothing more than a violent form of recreation that the vast majority of hunters do not need from Hunting subsistence has contributed to extinction of animal species from around the world, including the Tasmanian tiger and the big auk. Less than 5 percent of the United States population (13.7 million people) hunts, however, hunting is allowed in many wildlife refuges, national forests and state parks and in other public lands. Almost 40 Percentage of hunters massacre and mutilate millions of animals on public land each year, and according to some estimates, poachers kill like many animals illegally. Pain and suffering Many animals suffer prolonged and painful deaths when they are injured but not killed by hunters. A study of 80 white-tailed deer with radio collar found that of the 22 deer that had been taken with "traditional archery equipment", 11 were injured...