Bonzo, I feel exactly the same. To watch beautiful animals in their natural habitat and try to kill them is something I find shocking. Alright, before everyone piles in, yes I eat meat. But killing wild, free creatures for 'fun', no. That tame deer BamBam in our village is so elegant with his delicate legs and long neck, I couldn't imagine anyone finding pleasure in 'bagging' him. And yet many years ago a colleague used to go shooting and give me any game he and his wife didn't want. I've skinned rabbits and plucked & drawn pheasants and pigeons. Mea culpa. There seems to be a widespread tradition of hunting in the USA. Here too, plus fishing (ie getting a poor fish to put its mouth onto a cruel hook, just for the 'fun' of pulling it out of the water) Makes me shudder.
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