but not only that, I was very surprised to hear that if they didn't bread some animals to hunt, then the species would be extinct. Everyone involved in the industry seemed very professional and mature about it. I half expected some hill billy approach but it was completely opposite to that.
Still wasn't keen on any of those involved though. The 'it's such a beautiful animal' comments. Yes it was, until you shot the bloody thing.
I'm not sure conservation is necessarily what they're concerned with though. I think that's more likely a pleasant side-effect that they can play on.
Like I said though - it would be hypocritical of me to condemn their activities when I eat meat from animals that are bred for the purpose and tend to spend their lives in less than ideal conditions. At least the animals they were hunting didn't seem to suffer excessively.
Was thinking about this earlier. These animals suffer far less than those killed according to Jewish kosher or Islamic halal methods where the animal mustn't be stunned and is killed by a single knife cut to the throat, and this cut mustn't sever the spinal cord. The animals can take several minutes to die. This is cruel.
The Sikh method of animal slaughter is far less cruel, and Jhatka is about severing the head of the animal in a single stroke.
I like Sweden's approach. All animals must be stunned before slaughter. There is no exception on religious grounds.
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