Our policies with respect to…

Our policies with respect to wildlife and natural habitats need to take into account animal welfare. I understand that hunting is a practice that will continue to exist but it is on us to provide the parameters to ensure that it is done in a humane (as humanely as possible) and sustainable way. Immorally capturing animals in the wild, interrupting family dynamics, caging them and encouraging these types of practices is completely counter to the direction we are trying to move as a society. We are no longer in a position where the as a population we rely on hunting to sustain us. As such, rules around hunting should be clearly in concert with our overarching values as a society. Those values should include innate respect for the animals, their habitat and their welfare. These natural habitats are an important buffer for climate change and for species to thrive. Caging them for training and hunting purposes is a completely asinine and immoral practice. We made the decision 30 years ago to move away from such practices and it is absurd that we would even consider expanding them at this time.