Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!ihlpf!jimf
From: jimf@ihlpf.ATT.COM (JF)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: On hunting
Keywords: Hunting
Message-ID: <6000@ihlpf.ATT.COM>
Date: 6 Sep 88 13:19:25 GMT
References: <8672@ihlpb.ATT.COM>
Organization: Big Rock Creek
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In article <8672@ihlpb.ATT.COM>, kan@ihlpb.ATT.COM (Casali) writes:
> 
> Good conservationist know the merits of hunting.

True. What many don't realize is that fees from hunting licenses 
are the largest source of money for conservation for all wildlife -
not just game species. I think it's hypocritical as hell to get on
hunters if you've ever in your life taken the life of a wild thing 
to eat. (That includes lettuce!)

I know there are some Rambos out there hunting illegally and shooting 
anything that moves, but I also know a great many nature lovers who 
learned to appreciate the beauty of nature through hunting.