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Posted by Shaun on January 12, 2002 at 10:23:02:
In Reply to: Environmental Question posted by Jennifer on January 09, 2002 at 13:47:55:
Good point. I will try to give an answer. Hunting has many adherents. Some harvest game for food, some for the challenge of taking a trophy animal. There are other reasons people engage in hunting but these two are central to your question. Hunters going for food generally do not take old mature animals, they just don't taste as good and are not by definition found in easy access areas. Trophy hunters will consistantly hunt for the biggest and best that is true. To reach an age and size where they stand out among other animals and attract trophy hunters takes years and provides the animal with ample opportunity to contribute to the gene pool. A strong smart animal will still elude hunters for years. Many on this site will attest to that.
I have a question for you. "Hunting may not seem totally fair". What is your definition of 'fair'. My point here is that a predator prey relationship requires a disparity in skill/ability to survive, between two species of different zoological order. Otherwise you have what?. Only human hunters volunteer to reduce their comparitive advantage unlike other species. I hope you do not class helicopter shooting as hunting.
Shaun