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  2. Opposition to hunting - Wikipedia

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    Animal rights activists argue that hunting for sport is cruel, unnecessary, and unethical. [1] [2] They note the pain, suffering and cruelty inflicted on animals who are hunted. [1] [2] The term anti-hunting is used to describe opponents of hunting; while it does not appear to be pejorative, it is widely used as such by pro-hunting people.

  3. Hunting license - Wikipedia

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    Finnish bowhunting license. A hunting license or hunting permit is a regulatory or legal mechanism to control hunting, both commercial and recreational. A license specifically made for recreational hunting is sometimes called a game license. Hunting may be regulated informally by unwritten law, self-restraint, a moral code, or by governmental ...

  4. Hunting in the United States - Wikipedia

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    North American hunting pre-dates the United States by thousands of years and was an important part of many pre-Columbian Native American cultures. Native Americans retain some hunting rights and are exempt from some laws as part of Indian treaties and otherwise under federal law [1] —examples include eagle feather laws and exemptions in the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

  5. Bag limits - Wikipedia

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    A bag limit is a law imposed on hunters and fishermen restricting the number of animals within a specific species or group of species they may kill and keep. Size limits and hunting seasons sometimes accompany bag limits which place restrictions on the size of those animals and the time of year during which hunters may legally kill them.

  6. Game law - Wikipedia

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    Restricting the region where hunting is allowed to take place, and; Limiting the weapons, gears and techniques that can be used. Hunters, fishermen and lawmakers generally agree that the purposes of such laws is to balance the needs for preservation and harvest and to manage both environment and populations of game and fish. [2]

  7. Take (hunting) - Wikipedia

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    Taking of game is generally a divisive topic, with levels of support and opposition varying significantly depending on the region of the world. For example, the United States generally has higher support for hunting and/or taking of game relative to other nations such as the United Kingdom. There are myriad factors that contribute to the vast ...

  8. Category:Anti-hunting movement - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Anti-hunting movement" ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4 ... Wikipedia® is a registered trademark ...

  9. Hunting - Wikipedia

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    Bushmen bowhunting for bushmeat in Botswana. Hunting is the human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, and killing wildlife or feral animals. [10] The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to obtain the animal's body for meat and useful animal products (fur/hide, bone/tusks, horn/antler, etc.), for recreation/taxidermy (see trophy hunting), although it may also be done for ...