>I have an amount of respect for hunters, especially those that choose to hunt and eat invasive species or over populated species. I'm not super thrilled about

>I have an amount of respect for hunters, especially those that choose to hunt and eat invasive species or over populated species. I'm not super thrilled about the idea of killing an intelligent being, but I don't think our societal framework for understanding animal intelligence has caught up to reality. I actually suspect that, as a species, we'll get to sidestep and approach this issue from an easier perspective due to lab grown meat. In the US, hunters also contribute hundreds of millions of dollars annually that is put towards the conversation and preservation of wildlife and their habitats. Thanks to the Pittman-Robertson Act which is a 11% tax on all firearms, ammo, and archery equipment sold in the US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittman%E2%80%93Robertson_Federal_Aid_in_Wildlife_Restoration_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittman%E2%80%93Robertson_Fede...