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To: Carolyn who wrote (177639)	4/20/2009 6:10:54 PM
From: ManyMoose	2 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 225578

One should kill only if one intends to eat the kill. I feel a little bit sad when I come up on my kill, but I don't feel sad when I am opening packages of meat. They are no different from McDonald's patties or Outback steaks. It's been a while since I've hunted. I hope to change that soon. Quite honestly, it anchors me to the reality of life. I really like what Kahlil Gibran wrote: Then an old man, a keeper of an inn, said, “Speak to us of Eating and Drinking.” And he said: Would that you could live on the fragrance of the earth, and like an air plant be sustained by the light. But since you must kill to eat, and rob the young of its mother's milk to quench your thirst, let it then be an act of worship, And let your board stand an altar on which the pure and the innocent of forest and plain are sacrificed for that which is purer and still more innocent in many. When you kill a beast say to him in your heart, “By the same power that slays you, I to am slain; and I too shall be consumed. For the law that delivered you into my hand shall deliver me into a mightier hand. Your blood and my blood is naught but the sap that feeds the tree of heaven.” And when you crush an apple with your teeth, say to it in your heart, “Your seeds shall live in my body, And the buds of your tomorrow shall blossom in my heart, And your fragrance shall be my breath, And together we shall rejoice through all the seasons.” And in the autumn, when you gather the grapes of your vineyard for the winepress, say in you heart, “I to am a vineyard, and my fruit shall be gathered for the winepress, And like new wine I shall be kept in eternal vessels.” And in winter, when you draw the wine, let there be in your heart a song for each cup; And let there be in the song a remembrance for the autumn days, and for the vineyard, and for the winepress.

To: Carolyn who wrote (177639)	4/20/2009 7:59:33 PM
From: goldworldnet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

A certain amount of hunting is a useful tool maintaining healthy and stable wildlife populations preventing famine and disease from over population. States don't issue hunting and fishing licenses indiscriminately and hunting and fishing limits are based strictly on population audits of wildlife. Hunters and fishermen also help fund valuable conservation programs by the government as well as fund local economies and businesses that manufacture gear and equipment and provide services. * * *