We, as a country, have become very civilised over the last half-decade. as such, it is easy to become divorced from any interaction with animals yet retain or culture strong opinions on how other people should interact with them.
Go and look at any discussion about Halal slaughter and you will find vegetarians and lefty-liberals actually defending the practice, simply because the opponents appear to be those who are politically-opposed to them. As far as I am concerned, as long as we allow beef to be killed in this country by having their throats slit whilst still conscious and not stunned before or during the process, all the opinions about what some horrible unethical hunter has or has not done, are devoid of any moral justification. We should all be ashamed that such slaughter is happening 7 days a week here, putting animals through more distress than some 'human-named' animal in Africa, which we couldn't do anything about if we wanted to.