![]() ![]() We do not dwell on general explanations of e.g. This chapter also serves as a chronological literature review of hunting-as-conservation and antihunting arguments. ![]() ![]() The impression of hunters as indiscriminate exterminators of wildlife comes from market hunters’ decimation of bison- and passenger pigeon populations in colonial America and Great White Hunter stereotypes and their autobiographies from colonial Africa. The perception of hunting as courageous challenge and test of manhood comes from Antiquity in Greece and China.Ĭonservation arguments in favour of hunting rely on the conservation experiences of late nineteenth century American sport hunters like Theodore Roosevelt and their confrontation with market hunters.Īnimal rights arguments against hunting today are mostly identical to those of Henry Stephens Salt in 1892. Hunting’s association with privilege today stems from Medieval Europe, where hunting was the prerogative of nobility. Our goal with this book is to foster a comprehensive understanding of trophy hunting, but to understand any hunting today, we must understand its history. The purposes of our second chapter are to provide a summary of hunting’s historical role and show how attitudes toward hunting have evolved. ![]()
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