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Lethal consequences of hunting include
1 being shot by other hunters,
2 tripping while climbing fences and killing themselves,
3 the occasional murder masked as a hunting accident,
4 fights ignited by alcohol
5. knife injuries from skinning and gutting the animals
(deceptively called field dressing),
6 being injured or killed by animals fighting for their lives,
7 suffering hypothermia while sitting in duck blinds,
8 falling from tree stands and down hillsides
9 plane crashes traveling to remote areas
10 drownings in boats (the picture shows a potential accident)
11 Mad Deer disease, cervine spongiform encephalopathy, Mad Elk disease
etc.
12 hunters suffer more hearing loss and deafness than nonhunters because of the eardrum injuring noise of gun
13 snare traps and bear traps
14 tick bites and snake bites
15. killing endangered species (The Smithsonian was involved
in a scandal accepting as a contribution a sheep on the
endangered species list)
16. hunting's correlation to serial killing of human beings
(see profiles of serial killers)
17 food poisoning from improperly refrigerated meat.
18. last and most important: killing children, adults, pets
and other animals through poor shooting ability
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Footnote:
Thank you to Yahoo for passing along the photo of a trophy hunter holding the leopard she murdered
Cleveland Amory reported an animal with 12 arrows in him was found walking around in the woods. Sometimes hunter-injured animals take months to die.
Only 4% of US citizens hunt.
Ohio hunter falls 22ft while hanging tree stand - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDoD0WHFgDE
Mar 31, 2012 - Ohio hunter falls 22ft while hanging tree stand. libertymediagroupllc ...
Kid Falls 20 Feet Out Of Tree Stand - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcnnIDtu3Nc