Sport Hunting Should Not Be Banned

Hunting for sport of food is a relaxing, excitinglong and may possibly spread its disease or
and educational experience for hunters of all ages.deformities to the other animals or when
There are many claims that this type of huntingbreeding. It is easy to see why sport hunting
has no beneficial results and therefore should beshould not be banned when taking the information
banned. However, there are many who do notfrom this perspective and applying it to the
understand the true purpose for hunting andnatural order of life.
therefore do not realized that sport hunting shouldThis type of hunting also provides excitement and
not be banned. Education is lacking when ana chance for a relaxing connection with nature.
assumption is made stating hunting is onlyDuring a hunt, the hunter is often sitting in silence
recreational and leaves damage without good.and connecting with nature. This opportunity
Many benefits come from hunting not only to theallows for the hunter to take in his surrounding
hunter, but to the natural world as well. Withoutand learn the area around him. Knowing the
the hunter, many breeds of animals wouldvegetation and the growth rate of the area crops
become overpopulated and eventually die offis an important step to being a good hunter. This
from starvation due to the excessive numbersknowledge comes through conservation of the
and lower food percentage per herd. Not onlyland being managed for hunting. Through this land
would there be an overpopulation of manymanagement, the plant life and animal life become
animals, but there would also be a vast area formore abundant and prosperous.
disease and inner-herd killings. In nature, it isSport hunting should not be banned for lack of
survival of the fittest, those that are weak andknowledge on the part of protesters. There are
old will be the first attacked, even by their ownmany environmental benefits to the vegetation
kind.and wildlife. The health of the animals and the life
Hunting offers benefits to the hunter as well.cycle that produces from healthy wildlife is
There are the benefits of education, by watchingimportant to hunters proving to produce larger,
and studying the animals, the hunter will in turnstronger wildlife without damaging their chances of
learn how they associate among themselves, theirsurvival. Hunting also brings benefit to humans
patters for breeding and migration, and theirthrough the control of the wildlife and the
tendencies of behavior. Therefore, the hunter willpredatory animals that would turn to the
not only benefit by this knowledge within his huntneighborhoods when overpopulation occurs. These
but also an understanding of what animals todangerous animals are wolves, bears, mountain
harvest when hunting. Sick or deformed animalslions, coyotes, and bobcats. Hunting wildlife keeps
often give the hunter a sense of sympathy whendisease among wildlife at a lower rate and
hunting. It is unlikely that this animal will live veryensures better survival.