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From: tbrownell@lafite.dec.com (And the Sky, is a Hazy Shade of Winter)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: hunting
Message-ID: <8811141307.AA23196@decwrl.dec.com>
Date: 14 Nov 88 13:07:42 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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>If hunting was necessary for the control of wildlife, nature
>would have provided each of us with a gun.
 
>	Joyce Andrews King                      

   Joyce,

        I am really surprised to see your interpretation of my posting
   as a paean to hunting. It was in response to a previous note stating
   the beneficial aspects of hunters and their dollars. I don't think
   my complaint regarding pellets and spent shells should be construed
   as a message in favor of the "sport". Rather, the gist is that some
   wildlife does need to be controlled, ie deer before the starve or
   infect everyone in the Northeast with Lyme disease. Ducks, grouse,
   rails and the other "sporting species" clearly are not in need of
   human intervention, and that is what I stated.

   Terry Brownell
   DEC
   Hudson,Massachusetts