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To: TimF who wrote (2191)	8/2/2006 8:48:36 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) of 2253

Coming from a viewpoint of a hunter who believes hunting is almost a sacred ritual, I think the answer to this question is simpler. Hunting puts us at one with the ecosystem. That is, we are part of the ecosystem and subject to its waxing and waning. It's well known that lynx populations rise shortly after a population explosion of rabbits, only to fall precipitously after they clear out the rabbits or the rabbits fall to an epidemic. As hunters we are subject to the same rules as lynx. Farmers, on the other hand, store up food against famine. Human populations based on agriculture don't have high peaks and deep valleys; instead, they have rolling hills that keep getting higher and higher. The land can only sustain so much hunting and gathering, which keeps populations in check. Agriculture has temporarily allowed humans to violate this principle. We will find out someday that the principle still applies, unless we change our ways.

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