I refer you to this thread and invite your comments.
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...87#post1281387
My point is that fishing and hunting require the destruction of a life which is very precious to the entity that loses it and destroys the families of the entity who remain behind.
We abhore war for the loss of human life and the families bereft and left behind by this senseless destruction. And yet it's ok when we do the same to other life forms for our own entertainment. Are we so arrogant that we think our life is more precious than any other?
Perhaps the hunters and those who fish for the sole purpose of recreation...not because they are starving and need to hunt/fish to survive, can explain what pleasure it is they gain from the taking of another entity's life and why they think this is any different to the cruelty that's perpetrated upon other animals such as cats and dogs which society says is illegal.
Maybe John Bambury could elucidate?