I'll put my hands up here and say " I am a hunter", I have shot deer and a few other animals besides. BUT I have a) always had a reason... pest control / food and b) most importantly treated the quarry with the up most respect both before and after the kill. Will never take a shot unless sure of killing outright and the animal is treated with reverence afterwords. I follow old practices and place a sprig of food in its mouth afterwords, apologies and then gralloch it, treating its remains with respect. The meat is always treated with care and enjoyed, and the few "waste" products are carefully returned to nature. I feel this is better than "farmed meat". But these "people" who perpetrated this are scum, no matter "what has been done to them". As a society we do not "harm / kill" without reason, and those that do are outwith that society and should be treated as such. Heck when I cut down trees for a living I always appologised to them before hand.
Our society has become somewhat "skewed" as to what is right and acceptable, and excuses are made for people who are just wrong. Even in the "animal kingdom" there is a code that is accepted and enforced.
Maybe we should take a step "back"?
Goatboy.