animals

Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Ban Animal Hunting

Many of our endangered animals are killed or permanently injured due to hunting. Nearly 1 million animals are killed each year in the United States. For every animal claimed by a hunter, at least 2 other are hurt and left to die slowly and painfully.
The staggeringly high numbers of water animals such as ducks, pelicans, turtles and whales are often seen as “in the way” by fishermen becauseb they eat fish.
More bans need to be put in place so that endangered species of otters, ducks, manatees, pelicans and other water animals can live in the way they used to. The more threatened species are elephants and turtles, who have lost nearly 50% of their population in the last 10 years.
Animal hunting needs to be stopped so that many species can live in their own habitats and not in protected places. Is it fair that animals should be sought out and shot purely for the enjoyment of hunters? Animals don’t deserve this kind of treatment, we should ban animal hunting at once.