[13] See, e.g., Sir A. Pease, “The Badger,” 1896.
[14] Similarly, one of the reasons often given for otter-hunting is that otters eat trout and salmon, and so lessen the angler’s chance of killing more of them.
[15] “Adventures among Birds,” 1912.
[16] Ninth edition, 1907.
[17] “Adventures among Birds,” 1912.
[18] W. H. Hudson, “Birds and Man,” 1901.
[19] Here is one instance selected from many. “During a yachting cruise in the summer of 1902, the suite accompanying ‘very distinguished persons’ gleefully took advantage of their proximity to little frequented Scotch islands, to shoot and leave, to kill uselessly without excuse, quite a large number of the seals which still remain in Scottish waters” (Sir H. H. Johnston, op. cit.).
[20] Perhaps from similar causes to those which lead Sir Alfred Pease, in defending his hunting habits, to inform us, “I hunt, paradoxical as it seems, because I love the animals” (see “The Badger,” 1896).