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...bowels. But much of the collection reads like the scoreboard of a ferocious competitor. "The 227 wounds I got from the trench mortar didn't hurt a bit at the time," he writes his parents in 1918. "We've killed 3 big bull elk-2 bucks-2 bear-an eagle and a coyote-Grouse all the time -Killed enough meat for the two guides to get married on-" The years pass the tallies mount. Noble critters are immortalized by his marksmanship in Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and Africa. Off Key West and Cuba, tons of tarpon, swordfish and sharks...
...anything negative in action or intent. John Skow failed to mention that Mr. Hale made a plea for any conservationist, or anyone else for that matter, to stop him or let him know immediately if they saw anything wrong. Cutting the antlers off an elk is like cutting a person's nails. The people involved in this enterprise may be in it to make a dollar, but they genuinely love the animals...
...owner values them at $40,000 apiece). There are four giraffes, axis deer, oryxes, African crowned cranes and elands that were hand-raised and are, says Hale, "as gentle as a sick pig." Lynxes, cougars, midget horses are on the block too, as well as a fraternity of elk, including one handsome fellow named Fred, who, according to Hale, has attended two national Elks conventions...
Come to think of it, there seem to be more elk than a reasonable man would think necessary. One of the bidders explains why. There is a lively market in the Orient for powdered elkhorn, a surefire aphrodisiac, and an 18-to 20-lb. rack of antlers will bring about $105 per lb.: "Of course, you got to cut the rack off when it's still in velvet, and some folks think that's cruel, but it don't do no real harm, and you still got your elk...
...life in any society on earth today, nor has there been at any former time (with a few rare exceptions, such as among the Jains of India). We raise farm animals for slaughter; destroy forests; pollute rivers and lakes until no fish can live there; hunt deer and elk for sport . . . All these beasts and vegetables are as alive...