Despite the fact that our biodiversity is in deep trouble and the tourism industry in Africa is looking towards a sustainable future, hunting in Africa (and other parts of the world) is still allowed. Should we stop hunting or not? For the full article click here.
I have been an environmentalist so long that we used to call ourselves conservationists. I have never hunted, and I don't know anyone who hunts, even though I live in Pennsylvania. I see no reason why anyone here in Pennsylvania should shoot bears, wild turkeys, and most other "game" animals. However, I am resigned to the deerhunters, because we have too many deer here. We lead the nation in traffic fatalities caused by deer, and you can not walk in the woods or even on your lawn without risking lyme disease. One of my sons used to be an avid camper, but because of the deer, he can no longer do that, and he doesn't permit his children in the woods without careful preparation and then inspections. It should not be that hard for my grandchildren to play outside.
Perhaps I should not use the word "woods," because our woods are very strange. One can see forever in a forest here because there is no undergrowth: The deer have eaten it all. And with no new growth, my great-grandchildren will not have any woods.
What is the solution? More men with guns? The reintroduction of wolves?
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Perhaps I should not use the word "woods," because our woods are very strange. One can see forever in a forest here because there is no undergrowth: The deer have eaten it all. And with no new growth, my great-grandchildren will not have any woods.
What is the solution? More men with guns? The reintroduction of wolves?