ACS Lab’s Dr. Paul Paquet rocks debate on wolf ‘sport’ hunting

Our very own Dr. Paul Paquet attended the International Wolf Symposium this past week in Minnesota. The event culminated in a formal and moderated debate about wolf hunting.  The article linked to below summarized the event – and Paul’s compelling arguments against the moral disengagement that other scientists and apologists for trophy hunting so meagrely offer  – better than I could.

“Science doesn’t give us permission to do anything,” said Paul Paquet, a Canadian wildlife biologist opposed to what he called recreational killing of wolves. “This is a question of ethics. This is a question of morality.”
“The primary motivation (of hunting wolves) is gratuitous pleasure,” Paquet argued. “Killing for pleasure is highly questionable behavior.”
– See more here

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