Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference

The author summarizes his opposition to the "animal rights" movement, describing what he terms "nature's life-death ethic." He defends the use of domestic animals in agriculture and appropriate regulation of sport hunting, arguing that animals killed intentionally by humans die a much more humane death than wildlife that die of natural causes such as predation, disease, or starvation. He states his belief that people have a moral obligation to manage nature once they have disrupted it.