Excuses always seem to abound when it comes to justification of man's destruction of the environment for his own pleasure or financial gains. Passenger pigeons were shot, not only for sport, by the thousands but also for the market by the tens of thousands. Buffalo were shot by the thousands for their skins as well as for sport. The newly constructed transcontinental railroads played a major role in both of these travestys. My Dad told me of waterfowl hunting at Mattemuskeet, North Carolina in the early 1920's when the sky would go quickly from bright sunshine to dusk when the flocks would fly over. No more! Native Americans would take only the game necessary for their survival and would honor the spirit of the beast for providing such.
JMHO, George
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