| Description: | : the nightingale and the bluebell are equally threatened. They also kill humans: road accidents are annually around 14000The ecologist Dr Paul Dorman who brings us the bad news has been a vegetarian for fifteen years but he’s enthusiastically urging shooters to shoot and carnivores to enjoy the ensuing venisonOur squeamishness is a major problem here Hunters are about as popular as bankers (indeed they often are bankers)and urban types don’t want to eat BambiLook I admit to being embarrassingly squeamish I can’t face offal rabbit turns my stomach because I once had one as a pet I’d hate to have a horsesteak and l eat venison but only if given it and then reluctantly But for what it’s worth I know this is as ludicrous as it’s pathetic I also find absurd religious taboos on different kinds of meat that were adopted centuries ago on health and safety grounds and no longer make sense In principle I think carnivores should be prepared to eat any animal fish bird or insect as long as itisw |