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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Strontium Dog" data-source="post: 3371450" data-attributes="member: 67405">As a lifelong vegetarian, I expect I am exactly the sort of person to whom a report on "ethical optics manufacturers" is aimed.Truthfully though, it would not bother me one iota if the company I bought my next binoculars or scope from was also a manufacturer of optics for field sports. Indeed, it is probably better that hunters have good quality optical equipment available, as it increases the chances of them making a clean kill.Quite frankly, what other people do is their business. So long as they remain within the law and do not damage the ecology, it is of no concern to me.I must say though, I am rather sceptical of the motivation for reports like this, and I suspect it is more about assisting folk in salving their consciences. I would bet a considerable amount of money that most of the folk making purchases of "ethical optics" have no problem utilising the products of industrial farming, which I would humbly suggest is a greater evil than sustainable hunting.</blockquote>