While at first blush, hunting may seem cruel to animals. Here are a few reasons that explain why it's exactly the opposite.
Hunting gives the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service a valuable tool to control populations of some species that might otherwise exceed the carrying capacity of their habitat and threaten the well-being of other wildlife species, and in some instances, that of human health and safety.
Put simply, animals don't self regulate their populations, so when food is plentiful their numbers explode. With the occurrence of a drought or a very hard winter
food becomes scarce and the animals die a slow death through starvation. Hunting helps regulate the herd.
