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Percentages of british adults who found each activity involving animals acceptable or unacceptable (lemmy.ca)

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Source: https://www.vegansociety.com/get-involved/research/empathy-index

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Also organizations like hunting lodges put a lot of effort and money into wildlife conservation and wilderness preservation. There's a lot of natural habitat that is protected today specifically because of the work of groups of hunters. Without them that land would have been used for something else. It's obviously self-interested, but it benefits more than just them.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Also, due to the Pittman-Robertson Act, taxes from hunting and fishing equipment and licenses are earmarked for wildlife conservation. Which is a good thing, but potentially becoming a problem as fewer people in younger generations are hunters, meaning less funding for conservation

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

I think if factory farming were more stringently regulated a lot more people would hunt than buy a $500 steak.