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Most states have been holding "junior hunts" and otherwise intensifying their attempts to get teenagers -- and even pre-teens -- to join their fathgers in stalking and killing our fellow creatures for their amusement. The state efforts would much better be devoted to protecting animals rather than recruiting young people to hunt them and thus destroy innocent lives simply for the fun of it.
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Most states have been holding "junior hunts" and otherwise intensifying their attempts to get teenagers -- and even pre-teens -- to join their fathgers in stalking and killing our fellow creatures for their amusement. The state efforts would much better be devoted to protecting animals rather than recruiting young people to hunt them and thus destroy innocent lives simply for the fun of it.
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It?s bad enough that 20 million adults find it great fun to hunt and kill our fellow creatures for sport. But now come intensified efforts to recruit young people to also kill for the sport of it.
Most states have been holding ?junior hunts? and otherwise encouraging kids. Although hunting is largely a macho thing, the new recruits include girls, the most notable of them an eight-year-old girl in Maryland. ..That?s right: eight years old.
The girl, Sierra Stiles, is one of some 10,000 children nationwide who?ve been issued hunting licenses. She?s a third grader who skipped school to go hunting in October. She brought down a 211-pound bear with two shotgun blasts.
?I was scared,? young sierra said, ?because bears will eat anything. I was really, really happy. That bear won?t eat now ? won?t eat a thing.?
There are plenty of other stories of young hunters who?ve been taug...
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Timing and Cues
Intro: Commentator Dick Meister we giving some deadly lessons to the young.
Outro: Dick Meister is a San Francisco writer.
