Think shrink-wrap.Early in our history, U.S. citizens ate bushmeat Bushmeat (calque from the French viande de brousse) is the term commonly used for meat of terrestrial wild animals, killed for subsistence or commercial purposes throughout the humid tropics of the Americas, Asia and Africa. ("Bushmeat on the Menu," SN: 2/26/05, p. 138). We hunted deer, bear, squirrel, rabbit, possum possum or phalanger Any of several species (family Phalangeridae) of nocturnal, arboreal marsupials of Australia and New Guinea. They are 22–50 in. (55–125 cm) long, including the long prehensile tail, and have woolly fur. , turkey, pheasant, armadillo armadillo (är'mədĭl`ō), New World armored mammal of the order Edentata, a group that also includes the sloth and the anteater, characterized by peglike teeth without roots or enamel. , and other wild game. We hunted because it was easier to hunt than to earn the money necessary to buy meat. We diminished our supply of wild game. Africans are simply doing what we used to do. As populations grow and prosper there, I predict they will increasingly rely on the more easily accessible supply of ranch-raised meat. JOYE R. SWAIN, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA OKLA Oklahoma (old style) . |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion