Thisreminds me of a survival story. A friend of mine was going to a survival class when they came to the part about preparing the kill a young woman
stood up and said " I am sorry but I am a vegitarian and I would never kill an animal to survive." The instructor said thats fine if thats what you
believe in but in the case of survival you will eventually have to kill something to survive. The woman disagreed and walked out. Four months later
the instructor got a letter and he reads the letter to his classes before he starts the first class. The letter was written by the young lady that
walked out of his class and thanked him for the training that she received in hunting.
She was a college student that took the class because she was going to do an expedition up north for school. The trip was only 4 weeks long and at the
end of the trip she decided to stay an extra week and wait for the second plane to come pick up the equipment. The only problem is there was a nasty
storm that kept any planes from coming back for 3 weeks. She was able to stretch the food for about a week and a half but after that she started to
slowly starve to death. In the habitat she noticed that there was some rodents (probably rats) roaming around and digging in the trash. I'm not sure
if this part of the story is true but she supposedly waited til one came close and then she snatched it up and killed it. I do know that she got
better as she started to hunt the rats and although she didn't like the thought of doing it, her survival training had taken into effect. After
spending a week and a half eating some rats, a marmot, and various other creatures she remembered a plane arrived expecting the worst and came to find
her a bit malnurished but alive. The letter went on to say that while she did eat animals to survive thats all she did. She still is a vegatarian and
doesn't eat meat unless she has to.
I love a bunch of vegatbles as much as vegan does, but I love the taste of a good cooked piece of meat as well. All in moderation is the key. We are
omnivores, and our complex bodies need complex nutrition. So if you don't want to kill animals, fine just don't throw out the idea when you have to
do it to survive.
-Aza






