'Anglers feel instinctively that their sport is not cruel. This book explains why their instincts are right - and exposes the confused philosophy of their accusers.'
The anti-fieldsports lobby has led the debate on hunting, fishing and shooting for the last decade. Hook, Line and Thinker is a book which turns the tables on the 'antis' and takes a fresh look at the assumptions which many now accept as facts.
What is mean't by cruelty?
How do you measure pain?
Who says man is an animal, and that all animals are equal?
Is man a fish without scales, or is he something different?
If catching and releasing a fish is cruel, then how cruel is eating one?
When fieldsports have been banned, will we be asked to become vegetarians too?
Where does religion fit in with fieldsports?
How can one justify keeping a pet cat, which tortures before it kills?
Here is a book which tackles these issues from the philosophical viewpoint. It examines the ethics of the anti-fieldsports lobby and takes their arguments back to their roots.
The conclusions expose the precarious philosophical ground of the anti-fieldsports lobby. It is they who should be on the run.


Author: Alexander Schwab
Photographer: Alexander Schwab

Published: April 2003
Format: 234 x 156 mm
Binding: Hardback
No. of pages: 224
17 black & white photographs