In 2021, New York introduced a pilot programlowering the age for children hunting deer with guns and crossbows to just 12 years old. The program is set to expire at the end of the year, but now the legislature wants to make that change long term through a section in the governor’sproposed 2024 budget bill(Part RR) that would lower the agepermanently.Supporters allege that youth hunting is a family-friendly “sport,” but in no other team or individual competitions are opponents chased down to their deaths!Kids who are taught to hunt are really being taught that it’sOK to kill animals for “fun,”and in the process wild families are torn apart and orphaned young are left to starve. But animals aren’t the only ones who suffer, as every year thousands of hunting injuries—andeven deaths