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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bost85" data-source="post: 2243100" data-attributes="member: 101441">It's worth noting that here in the United States hunters provide a large amount of the conservation.  The DNR (Department of Natural Resources, which basically regulates hunting, fishing, and all things outdoors related) buys land and returns it to its natural state.  This is done using the money obtained from hunters buying hunting licenses.  The flip side is that hunters are allowed to hunt on the land in the fall.  Many hunting organizations (such as Ducks Unlimited and Pheasants Forever, etc.) raise money from hunters in order to buy land that has been altered from its natural state and then donate the land to the DNR or the state who then manage it in order to return it to its natural state.  Again, this land is also used for hunting.  Because an environment that is conserved in its natural state is ideal for hunting, hunters have a lot of incentive to conserve the environment.  So, here in the United States, hunters actually do a lot to preserve and conserve nature and the environment.  Now, there are certainly hunters who are careless and do harm the environment but I (and I think most other hunters here in the U.S.) are careful for the above mentioned reasons and I would turn in any hunters who are harming the environment (for which they would be fined, lose their hunting privileges, and possibly even face time in prison).  Indeed, there are special hotlines for the purpose of turning in hunters who are behaving inappropriately towards the environment.Now being from the U.S. and not from Malta I don't know anything about the Federation for Hunting and Conservation (or even how hunting is done in Europe) so I'm not agreeing or disagreeing with anything regarding that aspect of this thread.  I also don't want it to appear that I am trying to compare Europe and the U.S. or say that one is better than the other.  I just saw the quote above and wanted to make an observation based on my experience that here in the U.S. hunting and conservation are intricately related.I guess my bottom line is that I don't know if that is a contradiction in Malta, but here in the United States it would not be.Anyways, that took about twice as long to say as I had intended so I hope I didn't bore too many of you to death with my lengthy (and hopefully literate <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />) explanation!</blockquote>

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