What is the for/against in an argument for hunting please need help?

Need help with homeworkWhat is the for/against in an argument for hunting please need help?
the pro side of hunting is to control numbers of wildlife, ie deer, foxes etc the reason this is required is because these animals cause alot of damage to the countryside (deer damage trees etc and foxes cause problems with livestock) there are no natural predators left in the uk of these animals so if we didn't cull these animals they would multiply to an epidemic proportion, it is actually conservation to hunt or cull these animals, as by culling these animals it allows other wildlife to flourish, take the grouse moors as an example, since they have been looked after by gamekeepers for the reason of managing a sustainable shoot other wildlife has flourishedWhat is the for/against in an argument for hunting please need help?
Are we talking hunting for food?


Or fox hunting?


There are for and against for both:


The food argument for is that we have hunted to provide food for years, breeding for slaughter seems a little excessive - although I appreciate that with the volume of those in the world who eat meat, our supply and demand would probably wipe out any wild animal group. Hunting is the way we should do it, this provides the prey with a sporting chance of escape, and if not, can provide us with an excellent protein based meal.


The against I suppose is that you are not gender specific, and may be killing the parents of the next generation, if they have young and were out trying to provide for them, so that you are not allowing nature to provide ';the next meal';. You do not know the physical condition of the animal, and therefore you may be killing what you not able to eat. Such as rabbits which are prone to many diseases rendering them ';inedible';. From a distance, a deer is just a deer, but, it may be a rare breed you shoot or kill. Furthermore, other animals could be caught or killed in your act, those which you do not intend to kill. There have also been people shot accidentaly by duck or fowl hunters.





Fox hunting in the case of the pomp and ceremony is not favoured by most in society, they see it as vulgar and cruel. Foxes do not over breed in rural areas, as they can only live if they can eat. Farmers and planters of trees have complained about rabbits and other small vermin for years, and there is no better equipped to dispatch them than the fox. That being said, if you are a small holder and own a couple of coops or an allotment full of chickens, then the fox can be a devastator of your livelihood. In a frenzy, the fox will commonly kill all of the chickens in the coop, although it may only eat 1 or 2.


Foxes will also kill rats though, and rats are actually more destructive and clever than a fox. They have managed to chew through wire netting, dig UNDER concrete which would stump a fox, and tend to eat the eggs, rather than the chickens, but spread disease also, so that not only have your eggs gone but your chickens are useless or dying too.


As a way of killing pests, fox hunting is not the most effective method, and therefore is an unnecessary thing. It can also be devastating to those who the ';hunt'; encounters, and there have been rare incidences of pets being killed by hounds or gardens damaged. I once worked at a rare breeds animal farm park and they actually tried to come through. The manager chased them off! Imagine what damage they could of done.


In domestic areas, the fox is a pest, emptying rubbish bins, perhaps eating your Guinea pig. That being said, it can't be increasing in numbers all that much, as not many people can report seeing one.





I hope this has been helpful to you
FOR=FOXES KILL FARMERS LIVESTOCK And ruin farmers lives and plans, so in response farmers hunt them because they are angry, it is not as cruel as cockfighitng and bullfighting