A lobbying group is preparing a bid to define hunting with animals as a protected belief. Many experts have questions.
Experts said that a protected belief could be easier to argue than trying to define hunters as a??¡ª??¡ª which Mr. Swales has also proposed.
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If hunting can be shown to be more than a recreational activity, perhaps as part of a belief system in human supremacy over animals or human dominion over the earth, then a protected belief system could work,¡± Dr. John Adenitire, who teaches animal rights law at Queen Mary, University of London, wrote in an email.
