Class Participation 2/7

1. When it comes to hunting I feel as though I am somewhere in the middle. I think hunting is alright and in some cases good for the environment if done so sustainably. But when it gets to the point that people consider it a sport and kill over the limit of some animal that they are supposed to is where I get a problem with it. Killing animals shouldn't be for a sport but to keep civilization going.

2. By using secondary sources I am going to show an argument from the pro-hunting side by Ted Williams and an argument from the (sort of) anti-hunting side by Michael Pollan's story on hunting in omnivores dilemma. Both sides of this argument go into detail about why they feel the way they do and give personal anecdotes to their reasoning.

3. One counter-claim that I could use to strengthen my ethos would be address wheat each author says about a certain topic such as how one person might say that it is un-Christian-like to hunt while the other person might say it's un-Christian-like to not hunt. Looking at both perspectives of a story will boost up my ethos greatly.

4. Hunting is both good and bad and if not handled properly can be very harmful to the environment.

5. One reason that hunting is good is because if a species is over populated it could make the food chain get out of whack. For instance if there are too many foxes in an area and not enough rabbits to sustain the foxes then the rabbits will either die out or the foxes will from not getting enough food. Then whatever the rabbits like to eat will increase rapidly because nothing will be able to stop them from reproducing if nothing it eating them. One reason hunting is bad is when it is taken to an extreme and people just hunt for the fun of it. There is a law that says you can only kill a certain number of the animal and if everyone doesn't follow that law then the species could be wiped out completely.

6. Hunting is necessary to keep the environment in check but if taken to an extreme can also have a negative impact on society.






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