Editing Hunting (section)

==Opposition==
{{Main|Opposition to hunting}}

Animal rights activists argue that killing animals for sport is unethical, cruel, and unnecessary.<ref name=":1" /> They note the suffering and cruelty inflicted on animals hunted for sport: "Many animals endure prolonged, painful deaths when they are injured but not killed by hunters. Hunting disrupts migration and hibernation patterns and destroys families."<ref name=":1" /> Animal rights activists also comment that hunting is not needed to maintain an [[ecological balance]], and that "nature takes care of its own".<ref name=":1" /> They say that hunting can be combated on public lands by "spread[ing] deer repellent or human hair (from barber shops) near hunting areas".<ref name=":1" /> Animal rights activists also argue that hunting is [[speciesism|speciesist]]:<ref name=":2" />

<blockquote>Whether hunters try to justify their killing by citing human deaths caused by wild animals, by making conservationist claims, by claiming that it's acceptable to hunt as long as the animals' bodies are eaten, or simply because of the pleasure it brings them, the fact remains that hunting is morally unacceptable if we consider the interests of nonhuman animals. Hunted animals endure fear and pain, and then are deprived of their lives. Understanding the injustices of speciesism and the interests of nonhuman animals makes it clear that human pleasure cannot justify nonhuman animals' pain.<ref name=":2" />
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