October 1995 LANSING––Michigan children are nearly three times as likely to be neglected and are twice as likely to be physically abused or sexually assaulted if they live in a county with either an above average or above median rate of hunting participation. Michigan sells two times more hunting licenses per capita as upstate New […]
Ohio data confirms hunting/child abuse link: Stronger than link to rural poverty
November 1994 TOLEDO, Ohio––The number of hunters in a county more accurately predicts the level of child abuse than either population density or median income, according to a new study of Ohio state statistics and the findings apply to all four standard categories of abuse, including physical violence, neglect, sexual abuse, and […]