From: Bill Lucy 

In article , bobcomer_removeme{at}mindspring.com says...
> They were once that way, not anymore since they are protected.  And, they're
> even started talking hunting them again as they are to numerous.
>
> Hunting was the problem before.  Man'll hunt things to extinction on a
> whim...

I've been re-reading "Guns, Germs, & Steel". One of the first
points that Diamond makes regarding the continental differences is the
hunting of large animals to extinction.

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