PETA is forgetting 2 major facts, humans are an animal in the ecosystem, and they are at the top of the food chain. Removing humans from the food chain, for example not hunting rabbits, is environmentally irresponsible.
Every year a couple of communities here hire hunters to kill deer because their population is out of control. A lot of people who live in those areas protest and actually cry on TV. The deer population is off balance because when they tore down the woods to put up their houses, they destroyed the habitats of the wolves and coyotes that would hunt the dear. Why aren't they crying for them? Only cute animals deserve to live? Are those people all vegetarians, because cows are cute with those big ol' brown eyes.