Hunting Dog

Louise Vind Nielsen

 

Wildlife often stays in the fields

During the harvest they are forced to take flight

For this reason it is considered ethically irresponsible

To coordinate hunting and harvesting

But some do it anyway

My young dog is deaf

He belongs to a dog breed commonly used for rabbit hunting

in Spain

Probably he was cast out because of his deafness

He was found wandering the streets

I found him on the internet

Online I buy dried rabbit ears for him

I use them as way to communicate

By affirming his behaviour

When he does what I want

I give him an ear

The fur of the rabbit is said to clean his intestines

The ears look almost exactly like his own

My goal is to wean him off hunting