The Evils Of Hunting

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annual flights was approximately 91.5
million. In 1995, the number had been reduced to around 64 million. Within 20
years, in short, the duck population was reduced by almost one third, showing
the drastic toll hunting is taking on our wildlife. If we assume that other
species have been reduced in number at approximately the same rate in recent
years, then what are the larger implications for our ecological balance? If this
trend continues, by the year 2055, the members of species which are hunted could
be reduced by as much as 81 percent. (Satchell 31)
Not only does hunting reduce the number of animals, it can also be
unnecessarily cruel to the creatures. When deer are bowhunted, they often are
not instantly killed. Most deer will then suffer a painful and lingering death,
as only 50 percent of deer struck are retrieved and put out of their misery.
This is unnecessary cruelty; only an end to slob hunting would bring this to a
halt. (Satchell 32)
In the modern era, with ...

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