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In reply to the discussion: S.E. Cupp kills bears [View all]NickB79
(20,363 posts)Other than the use of bait to draw in the bears, it's no different than hunting deer. You sit in a stand, wait for the animal to come into range, and put a bullet or arrow through it's chest.
On the other hand, have you ever looked up what happens to farm animals when they're raised from birth to slaughter? I grew up on a small family farm, and the things we did to livestock on a daily basis were appalling in retrospect. Castration with no anesthesia, tail docking with no anesthesia, the pulling of teeth with no anesthesia, confinement in dusty barns for extended periods of time (ie the entire winter in some cases), being fed huge amounts of antibiotic and feed supplements that play hell with their digestive systems. And this wasn't even a factory farm!
Any sane person who has truly compared hunting to the vast majority of farm-raised meat cannot come to any conclusion other than hunting being a more humane source of meat for your plate. If you're concerned about cruelty to animals, hunting falls pretty far down on the list right now.