Hunting is not a sport. It is murder!

I can understand why the cave man went out hunting. He had to find food. And I am sure that along with hunting, the cave man also gathered - berries and fruits and all that veggie stuff. What I can't understand is how man has made a sport of hunting poor defenceless animals. And how man can take pleasure in killing another magnificent creation of nature? This rant is because of a programme I saw on TV last week. The channel in question is VS and they have featured programmes on hunting and fishing. The episode I happened to be watching was one in which some misbegotten idiot wanted to achieve his lifelong ambition of killing a bear. Why was I watching? It was some kind of horrified fascination and a fervent hope that the bear would somehow escape. I was destined for disappointment as far as my hope was concerned. The bear was killed, and he died an agonisingly slow death due to a punctured lung. Why is this sport? Men go in armed with rifles and bullets, and the bear only has his claws and teeth for his defence. How is this fair? How can this be thrilling? Of course, I admit that walking into the jungle, tracking a beautiful animal like a bear is thrilling. My question is, wouldn't it be better if we shot a bear with a camera and not a rifle? What right do these men think they have, to kill another animal for sport? The episode I watched was heartbreaking and enraging at the same time. These idiots hide in camouflage till they spot a bear who unfortunately walks into shooting range. The bear who was killed (murdered) was a beautiful black bear in his prime. He probably had many more years of living, mating and creating little adorable bear cubs which of course would turn into big bears like their papa bear. Alas, this was not to be. The idiot shot the bear while the bear was doing his bear thing of searching for food. He shot the bear somewhere near the shoulder. The wounded bear ran off into the jungle to hide and lick his painful wound. What enraged me was, if they were "brave" enough to shoot an poor, defenceless unsuspecting bear, they should have been brave enough to follow it and end it's suffering. But no, satisfied that the bear was mortally wounded, they went back to their warm camp bed, sure that the poor fellow would die during the night and they could "recover" the dead animal in the morning. They did recover it in the morning; death resulted from internal bleeding and a punctured lung. The poor thing literally "drowned" in its own blood. What a painful death. These "brave" hunters did not have the guts to kill an animal outright. These "brave sportsmen" do not have the courage to face a bear, look it in the eye and kill it. No, these freaks who burden this earth hide behind camouflage and shoot animals and let them die an agonisingly slow death are cowards of the first order. They are a blight on the face of this earth. They are not sportsmen. They are soulless creatures who murder in cold blood. They deserve an end like they mete out and hopefully they will get it!