Between kill nothing and kill almost everything lies the pragmatic aim of maximising diversity and abundance on EarthIt was a protest against me. But I sympathised with the demonstrators, who gathered outside the theatre where I was speaking last week to call me a killer. I didn't dispute their claim. I am a killer.While making Apocalypse Cow, a film for Channel 4 about how we should feed ourselves without destroying the world, I shot a deer. If it helps (though it didn't help the deer), I hated every minute of it, from picking up the rifle and learning to use it, to finding and stalking the innocent animal, then shooting it through the chest from 180 metres, watching it rear into the air, stumble, spasm and die. It was a gruesome, horrible experience. Continue reading...
I shot a deer - and I still believe it was the ethical thing to do | George Monbiot
19. února 2020 7:30
Příroda
Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/19/wildlife-killing-deer-diversity-resources-environment
Zdroj: The Guardian