HUNTERS MORAL IMPERATIVES
BY MARKUS GMEINER AND KARIN FALTEJSEK
MANKIND HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF NATURES CREATURES, EVEN THOUGH WITH TECHNICAL ADVANCES A LOT OF US HAVE DISTANCED OURSELVES FROM THE WAYS WE USED TO LIVE. DESCENDING FROM HUNTERS AND GATHERERS WE HAVE EVOLVED TO CONSUMING FOOD FROM PLASTIC PACKAGES, SHIPPED FROM FAR AWAY COUNTRIES.
SO WE ARE NO LONGER DEPENDENT ON HUNTING, SOME EVEN DEEM IT CRUEL.
HOWEVER, HUNTING IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE MOST SUSTAINABLE AND NONE INVASIVE TRADITIONS THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER GOING BACK TO. ESPECIALLY COMPARING IT TO EXTREME FACTORY FARMING, WHICH IS THE ROOT OF A LOT OF PROBLEMS LIKE INAPPROPRIATE KEEPING AND FEEDING OF ANIMALS, ANIMAL CRUELTIY, GENETIC MODIFICATION, POLLUTION OF GROUND WATER, USAGE OF MEDICATION, ETC.
MELANIE AND PHILIPP ROTH ARE BOTH HUNTERS, FOLLOWING ITS ETHICAL CODE KEEPING THE TRADITION ALIVE. IF DONE CORRECTLY HUNTING IS NEITHER CRUEL NOR INVASIVE. THE HUNTERS MORAL IMPERATIVES, TO BE PART OF THE CYCLE OF LIFE, SUSTAINING SPECIES AND NATURE AND RECOGNIZING OUR BOUNDRIES, HAVE THEIR ORIGINS IN THE REALIZATIONS, THAT WE ARE PART OF NATURE RATHER THEN DOMINATOR OF IT. THIS MAKES HUNTING A GREAT SUSTAINABLE TOOL FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS, RETURNING FROM MASS PRODUCTIONS TO OUR MORE HUMANE ROOTS.
