Park Cities Quail Hunters Raise Money to Map Quail Genes So They Can Shoot ...
To his credit, Joe Crafton didn't sigh, or mutter, or hang up the phone when Unfair Park hit him with The Big Dumb Question. Instead, the chairman and co-founder of Park Cities Quail -- a group of well-heeled quail hunters who recently announced success in their campaign to raise money to help scientists sequence the genetic blueprint of Texas' vanishing bobwhite quail -- politely hung in there."You know," came the BDQ, "some people might wonder if you're so concerned with quails' survival, why don't you stop shooting at them?"
OK, stop right there, any hunters reading this. Before you limber up those fingers to fire off a flaming comment, let's clear things up: While most of the Unfair Park Action News Team doesn't share your tastes for blasting God's creatures to kingdom come (mostly because it involves waking up before 11), we respect and endorse your right to do so. And, yes, most of us do eat meat and wear leather, but we prefer to have other people do our killing. Call us hypocrites if you like; we prefer the term "American."
After the female eagle's death, these same children sent manila envelopes full of materials from as far away as Nova Scotia, Arizona, Texas and Washington state, Krabill said. They wrote letters of condolence, drew pictures and sent tokens.