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Here in Australia, we (well...some people employed in rural areas) kill kangaroos. Sucks right?
But, in THIS case, it's more culling than killing, keeping the numbers down to a point, to minimise the impact overbreeding will have on both the species and environment.
Overbreeding eventually effects the quality of life for the creatures as a group, and also, if there is a disease outbreak amongst an overpopulated area, it can become an epidemic, and the carrion can affect our water reservoirs in a huge way.
That's what our govt tells us anyhow...
I'm not saying I'm behind it or anything, just that sometimes, among certain species, "culling" is deemed "neccessary".
I would like to note, that when we kill these kangaroos, it is not done for any financial benefit, the bodies are collected and burned - The reason for this, is that the kangaroos that are farmed to be eaten are free of disease, and a LOT of the time, the wild ones are infested with a number of things, and deemed unfit for human OR domestic animal consumption.
I have to say though...how it's (a shot through the head with a high powered rifle) is a far cry from clubbing an animal to death.
In short, I don't agree with the clubbing method, but would have to know more about WHY it is being done in order to comment on the overall issue any further.
As a general rule, I completely disagree with the killing of ANY creature as recreation, and would only ever consider killing an animal myself if it were a matter of survival, or I intended (and NEEDED) to use the flesh for my own sustenance...however, the local butcher has me covered on most occasions.
Those that kill for sport disgust me.
A murderer is a murderer, regardless of what they kill.
I don't know how a person that has ever done this could live with themselves, and what they've done.
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