Hunter's Poppet 1 Favorite 

To end the practice of hunting for pleasure and profit, which is cruel and unnecessary. The intention is that once placed in an area where hunting like this is known to take place, an individual participating in hunting will see the poppet and will stop in their tracks - at least becoming curious or confused as to the object's meaning; perhaps even becoming unsettled by its presence. The hope is that this feeling stays with them and gets under their skin - to the point where their usual patterns of thinking are disrupted for long enough that new thoughts and feelings can come in. Namely, for them to question their actions and choose NOT to participate in hunting again. Longer-term, the intention is to repair in these individuals the broken connection between human and non-human, human and natural environment - a breakage that makes such cruelty possible in the first place. For the activist/maker, the intention is to empower them to take safe and albeit subtle action in their own environments, against people and a movement that operates by dominance and intimidation. The activist/maker will also feel a renewed connection to non-human and the natural environment, by standing up for those without a voice. The longest term goal is to create such a shift of mindset and core values that hunting practices, animal cruelty and species dominance become unthinkable to humans - and that legislation around the world upholds these values to the strongest degree.