Hunting

I decided to do some research about hunting in general, being the subject of the two paintings I'm writing about. I’ve never liked it, but never known much about it either, let a lone given it a chance. According to Wikipedia, hunting is the pursuit of living animals for food or trade. While trapping, and fishing aren’t hunting but entirely different things. The Roman Catholic church is against hunting, but just because it’s noisy. Hinduism doesn’t really take sides on hunting, being generally agnostic towards it all. Buddhism is against hunting because part of Buddhism is the respect for all sentient life. In North America, hunting is divided into different categories: Big game, small game, predators, furbearer, upland game bird, and waterfowl. If you care about nature you’d be happy to know the United States bans and limits the use of lead ammunition, so that hunting is environmentally friendly. Some hunters like to call themselves Conservationists, saying they’re helping the wildlife.Then there is a code of ethics called Fair Chase. “Fair Chase, as defined by the Boone and Crockett Club, is the ethical, sportsmanlike, and lawful pursuit and taking of any free-ranging wild, native North American big game animal in a manner that does not give the hunter an improper advantage over such animals.”(http://www.boone-crockett.org) I’m still a little confused on how guns aren’t considered an unfair advantage. I learned a little more about the “sport,” but I guess hunting just isn’t for everyone.