CANCEL CULTURE
Comes for Hunting
DESPITE SAVING COUNTLESS SPECIES OF ANIMALS , MILLIONS OF ACRES OF HABITAT AND COMPLETE ECOSYSTEMS , HUNTERS FACE HARSH REALITIES FROM VIRTUE-SIGNALING TROLLS ON SOCIAL MEDIA .
By Ron Spomer
It ’ s a mess , make no mistake . Lions , giraffes , bears , coyotes , woodchucks . The ongoing social media uproar incited by hunter-posted images of dead game animals never ends . Well , it might end with the censorship and banning of such images , possibly the cancellation of any hunter clueless or foolish enough to post an image of little Susie with her first deer or big Uncle Jake with his 100th .
A rational anti-hunter recently posted a reasonable explanation of her dislike of giraffe hero shots and dead lion celebration images . They are ugly to her . They speak of
heartless people celebrating death while hiding behind their contributions to conservation .
To her credit , this writer did recognize and appreciate all the good that modern sport hunting and the North American Model of Wildlife Management programs have done and continue to do for wildlife and wild places . But she warned us latter-day hunter-gatherers that our posting of celebratory images hurts our cause . Gruesome ( to some ) images drive people to hate hunters and hunting .
They undoubtedly do .
ADOBE STOCK
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