FOXSYLVANIA

  –I live in Pennsylvania in a hunting culture area.  I’m not much for hunting; never have been, never will be.  I’m furry, but I accept that hunting exists, has for a long time, and will probably continue to do so.  I just don’t want my nose rubbed in it.  Think of something you find repugnant, and imagine that plastered in your family newspaper.

Consider the following front page quote from my local newspaper that appeared recently to coincide with the opening of buck hunting season:  “Great care should be taken to remove entrails without rupturing them, and hunters should drain excess blood remaining in the cavity.  Do not wash out the deer in a creek.  Wipe down the cavity with a dry cloth.”  – –Anyone hungry for a nice snack?

Can you see why I don’t want to read something like this on page one?  I also don’t want to turn the pages and see pictures of hunters, some as young as twelve, grinning and holding up the lifeless heads of deer that they’ve shot. 

About 10% of the population hunts; it’s legal.  Just please don’t rub the noses of the 90% of us who don’t hunt in this blood sport.

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