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Thread #63630 Message #1035386
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
14-Oct-03 - 11:22 AM
Thread Name: BS: 59% of the people in favour of hunting?
Subject: RE: BS: 59% of the people in favour of hunting?
Aldo Leopold, modern father of Environmental Ethics, was an avid hunter and fisherman. His Sand County Almanac is as good a place to start as any if you want the environmental musings of a hunter. This is a collection of essays from over the years that he worked in forestry and then in game management. His "Thinking Like a Mountain" essay reveals the epiphany, when he saw the value of predators as part of the natural system. The volume I've linked to is most authoritative copy of the book. For a look at some of Leopold's other writings take a look at The River of the Mother of God and Other Essays by Aldo Leopold. Through this book you can see the evolution of thought as Leopold reached his mature philosophy regarding the balance of the natural world, in which predators (human and other) are necessary.
SRS