This is a barbaric practice…

This is a barbaric practice. There are other ways to teach dogs to hunt specific species. Trapping sentient beings for the purposes of hunting them, is not acceptable. This is no different than places that allow people to hunt for sport. We have to be better than this. There's also a risk of disease being passed from the wildlife to the dogs, some of which are zoonotic. This practice needs to be stopped altogether, not expanded. There are other ways to train them.