I'm with you. Just because I have opposable thumbs and am at the top of the food chain doesn't mean that I have to go around killing things whenever the whim strikes me. I see killing as a last resort when other possibilities have been exhausted and I *never* find it enjoyable (necessary sometimes, but not something I relish).

Just to head off the inevitable debate, no, I'm not a vegetarian. I hunt. I fish. I eat what I shoot or catch though, I don't take trophies. I have raised goats, chickens, guineas, etc and butchered them for meat when the time came for them to join the food chain. I *am*, after all, at the top of the food chain. Doesn't mean I have to abuse my position though.

-- Gary F.