Oh here in Norfolk there's been a huge interest in pheasant shooting since Victorian times. There are large estates which hold shoots for wealthy businessmen, provide Land Rovers and hire beaters etc.

Also, our deer population is getting to be a problem (no natural predators, and they're gnawing away at young tree bark, killing the trees)
Not only that, but being an arable farming region, there are problems with rats and mice. Farmers have terriers specially bred to hunt and kill rodents that hang around the grain silos and hay barns.

And of course I eat meat, which has obviously been slaughtered.

My game-shooting teacher colleague often let me have his game bag with pigeons, rabbits and the odd pheasant in it, providing I plucked/drew/skinned/jointed the game myself (not a problem, my mother taught me all that stuff)

I just couldn't kill something myself. And I love watching the wildlife in this rural area. I prefer watching it to killing and eating it!