Killing a Lion is the MOST COWARDLY THING you can do

[davidthegnome]

80. What you killed

was used in the appropriate way. People were fed, so it's death was not a sad waste. Animals in the wild also hunt for food, this is a natural thing, and more or less proper. When the kill benefits the community, the hunter, or the hunter's family, I have no moral objection to it.

That said, I also have known hunters who have left the animals to rot after killing them - aside from perhaps the head, which they take as a trophy to be stuffed and mounted upon their wall. Does having such a trophy in one's home indicate a mighty hunter or huntress? I don't think so.

When there is need, nearly everything in nature will kill to support it's continued existence. That said, it is largely only humans who mindlessly slaughter without need, or apparent benefit. This is one of the most despicable things about our species. Hunting, killing, should never simply be for the sake of an ego boost, bragging rights, or perhaps a response to boredom. If we do not approach such thing with the seriousness and respect it deserves, then I feel that we are greatly lessened by the experience, becoming something less than animal.