Newsgroups: rec.birds
Path: utzoo!rising
From: rising@utzoo.uucp (Jim Rising)
Subject: hunting
Message-ID: <1988Nov12.174313.17315@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 88 17:43:13 GMT

Most of what you describe, Joyce, is already illegal, so--unfortunate
as it is--I'm not sure that making all hunting illegal would help much.

I'm not anti-hunting (though I'm certainly anti the things Joyce mentions),
but I do think that there's substantial room for improving hunting laws.
(1) I'd outlaw lead shot/bullets.  (2) I'd make it much more difficult to
get a hunting license (tough identification exams for bird hunters--so
they can tell geese from cormorants and pelicans--I guess that's not all
that tough).  And, from Joyce's posting, it sounds like (9) more enforcement
is needed!  Guess it's a good thing that I'm not running from president, 
isn't it!  

Speaking of monofilament line, how about (4) outlawing those plastic
doovers they use to hold a 6-pack of pop/beer cans together?  Those 
things trap many animals (esp. gulls).  And, while we're at it, how about
outlawing pop and beer cans altogether, and requiring reusable bottles
(like in the good old days).

--Jim Rising
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