The killing fields.It was equally gruesome and enraging to read about the cruel and monstrous poaching poaching: see cooking. of majestic sea turtles ("Real Men Don't Eat Turtle Eggs" Currents, May/June 2007). Lamentably la·men·ta·ble adj. Inspiring or deserving of lament or regret; deplorable or pitiable. See Synonyms at pathetic. lam  en·ta·bly adv. , I am not
surprised that humans are perpetrating such a heinous hei·nous adj. Grossly wicked or reprehensible; abominable: a heinous crime. [Middle English, from Old French haineus, from haine, hatred, from atrocity. In the Congo, gorillas, bonobos and chimps (our closest animal relatives) are being ruthlessly butchered and literally eaten into extinction. We may be plunging towards cannibalism cannibalism (kăn`ĭbəlĭzəm) [Span. caníbal, referring to the Carib], eating of human flesh by other humans. . Brien Comerford Glenview, IL |
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