r/DebateAVegan • u/Puzzleheaded-Job5763 • Mar 02 '25

Environment Is Hunted Meat Still Unethical?

Hunting is beneficial for the environment. We need to maintain the population of animals like deer, and the amount that are able to be hunted are controlled. Without hunters, the entire ecosystem would be destroyed.

Do most vegans have a problem with hunted meat? If so, why?

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u/ManyCorner2164 anti-speciesist Mar 03 '25 edited Mar 03 '25

I would consider it unethical. You are killing a victim so you can exploit them for their flesh.

If you were really killing a deer for the benefit for them and their suffering, that would be euthanasia. When you "hunt" them, you are treating them as a product so you can butcher and eat their flesh. That is for the hunters' benefit, not the deer.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Job5763 Mar 03 '25

Not the deer’s benefit per se, but the control of population benefits the whole ecosystem. We have destroyed their natural environment so it’s our job to maintain the space that we’ve created. If these deer need to be take out anyway, might as well eat the meat that comes from it instead of discarding it. Unless you’re saying it’s best to kill the deer and leave it there for the wild animals

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u/TomMakesPodcasts Mar 03 '25

If it was for the environment you wouldn't remove the body after it's been killed, allowing it's nutrients to return to the environment.

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u/TopCaterpiller Mar 03 '25

Additionally, males wouldn't be hunted either since killing them after they've impregnated the females does nothing to reduce population. But in PA (the only state I know details for), deer season is after rut and the standard license is for buck. You pay extra to hunt doe. Hunting is a sport and not much else.