Thoughts of a travelling ecologist 8 On the brink

My young student,Alessandro Lo Cacciato confessed shock when witnessing the death of a sick roe deer at the knife of a passing-by hunter by a Danish roadside."Why such cruelty?" -he asked.-"I understand that this animal is destined to die but can it not be done by causing less pain? "Israeli friend and colleague,Yael Lubin。

Gabor L. LOVEI Institute of Applied Ecology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China ＆ Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Flakkebjerg Research Centre, DK-4200 Slagelse, Denmark