Modern hunting is no longer a privilege of the rich or the nobility. People of all occupations and of all ages are fascinated by life in the woods and fields, seek mental balance in the countryside and access to meat from animals whose origin they know and that led lives close to nature. Among active hunters, the number of women is steadily increasing.
In our cultural landscape hunting is considered important. We humans have greatly changed the habitat of animals in the wild. Hunters help to maintain a balance, but also to limit damage in the forests and the fields. An essential part of hunting therefore involves observing a hunting ground and the game living in it and, if necessary, regulating its population. This means both the support of wild animals, care, as well as intervention in their population by hunting.
Hunting provides food of excellent quality and is carried out in accordance with animal welfare regulations. However, this also always means killing wild animals. Many people question the motives of hunters and reject hunting as a matter of principle.
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Hunting horn blowers sound the greeting to the hunt, southern Lower Saxony. Photo: Christian Mühlhausen, Landpixel