Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/12/84; site aero.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!dual!qantel!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwrba!aero!foy From: foy@aero.ARPA (Richard Foy ) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: The Morality of Hunting Message-ID: <339@aero.ARPA> Date: Thu, 8-Aug-85 11:08:05 EDT Article-I.D.: aero.339 Posted: Thu Aug 8 11:08:05 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Aug-85 02:20:20 EDT References: <709@cadovax.UUCP> Reply-To: foy@aero.UUCP (Richard Foy (Veh. Systems)) Organization: The Aerospace Corp., El Segundo, CA Lines: 13 In article <709@cadovax.UUCP> jefff@cadovax.UUCP (Jeffery H. Fields) writes: > >Richard told me that the most important thing about hunting is the >spirit in which it is done. The Native North Americans, as all >hunter-gatherer societies, have a religious reverence for the earth >and its inhabitants. When Richard goes hunting he prays to the spirit >of the animal. He prays so that the animal can prepare itself for >death. He prays that his aim will be true and that the animal will >die with a minimum amount of pain. He prays for permission to kill >the animal in order that he may live. > It is interesting to compare and contrast this attitude with ours as portrayed in the movie The Emerals Forrest.