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Who is Animal Killer and Why so?

The problem is that understanding why people hunt for pleasure would require in-depth psychological assessments of a large number of hunters against evaluative measures for a whole range of personality traits before we could try to figure out what people are feeling and what their motivations are.

And that means we may never know why hunters are compelled  and wonder about their motive and emotional capacity .

Since the 1970s, research has shown that the majority of adults who commit violent crimes have a history of animal cruelty in childhood. Some studies suggest that up to 70% of the most serious and violent offenders in prison have repeated and severe episodes of animal abuse in their history.

Serial killers David Berkowitz (also known as Son of Sam), who killed six people; Jeffrey Dahmer, who raped and murdered 17 men and boys; and Albert DeSalvo (also known as The Boston Strangler), who confessed to killing 13 women but was imprisoned for a series of rapes, all stated animal torture as their first acts of violence.

Of course, not every child who intentionally and repeatedly hurts animals will go on to become a killer or sex offender. But early intervention and attempts to understand the cause of such behaviour may well be warranted.

http://theconversation.com/why-we-may-never-understand-the-reasons-people-hunt-animals-as-trophies-45701

What's Wrong With Hunting?

 Hunting causes pain and suffering.

 It isn’t about conservation or population control.

 It’s not a sport.

   There are few regulations.

 It’s profit-driven.

   It claims other, non-target victims.

   Violence against animals can lead to violence against humans.

 It’s unnecessary.

So the fact that we may not be crystal clear on where to draw the line is not a valid reason to inflict suffering on those we know with certainty to be sentient, which includes all of some 70 billion land animals and one trillion aquatic animals we use for food. The bottom line is that eating animals destroys far more insects, plants, and animals than eating plant foods directly. We can and should minimize the suffering we cause, even if we cannot realistically eliminate it entirely.