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I've been meaning to write a letter, but haven't gotten around to it. Suffice it to say I thought this was a brave, moving, hilarious, well-told story. And I'm vegan, for what that's worth. Thank you sir.

Posted by Levislade | October 2, 2006 12:03 PM
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Anyone who wants to slaughter the bunnies at Woodland Park that are killing the trees, be my guest.

Posted by Fnarf | October 2, 2006 12:33 PM
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I had no idea about the bunnies in Woodland Park, until I took my dog there and let him off the leash (but w/poop bag, always pick up the poop). That was when I was met with encouraging residents and tales of encouraging police.

Want to give you dog a treat? Take the mutt to Woodland Park to chase the bunnies, just don't be surprised to have dead one laid at your feet. Go late, less kids to be horrified.

As for the article, I thought it wasn't a good idea to urban hunt and EAT, since you would eating all the toxic crap the urban animals live on. Not sure about a rat fed on cheetos, diapers and blackberries...

Posted by GDC | October 2, 2006 1:00 PM
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That article was fantastic. Nice work.

Hope the kudos outweigh the ton of outraged PETA hatemail you will no doubt receive.

Posted by flamingbanjo | October 2, 2006 1:06 PM
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I noticed that he said the game he purchased at Pike Place Market and restaurants tasted a lot better - probably because they're not eating people's thrown away junk food.

Remember, some artists used to subsist on pigeons in Paris.

Posted by Will in Seattle | October 2, 2006 1:18 PM
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Hey Brendan - I'm a vegetarian, so won't be joining you on the hunt, but I thought your article was one of the strongest pieces I've ever read in the Stranger. Your addition of melancholy contemplation to the details of the hunt gave it a very personal spin; a tasty blend of humor and death. I was reminded (for better or for worse) of that whole genre of youthful disaffectation following in the footsteps of The Catcher in the Rye.

Posted by Ivan Cockrum | October 2, 2006 1:57 PM
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I'm what most people would consider a 'nutty animal rights activist' butI have alot less issue with hunting animals as Brendan did than with buying them from your local supermarket. At least he can look them in the eyes and make sure that they have a quick and relatively painless death. At least they have a reasonably decent life up until that point. I don't think that you folk that are down on animal rights activists really know what you are talking about...

Posted by artlover | October 2, 2006 3:45 PM
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Hi Brendan,

Loved your story. Have you by chance read A Scavenger's Guide to Haute Cuisine? It's about this guy who cooks an old-school 45-course meal from food he's hunted and gathered himself. It made me look at urban animals in an entirely new light. Like, instead of seeing a slug and thinking, "Ugh, don't step on that or its guts will get on your shoes," I now see a slug and think, "Hmm, I wonder how that would taste brined in salt to remove the slime, then sauteed with butter and garlic. Couldn't be that much different than escargot, eh?"

I don't know if I would be able to eat a squirrel, though. Not because I think they're cute, but because I abhor them. Eastern Grey Squirrels are nasty poop-squirting interlopers who squeezed out their indigenous relatives and gobble down pretty much every fruit- or vegatable-producing plant I have ever tried to grow. It drives me nuts when people feed them. Especially when those people are my neighbors. Props to you for removing at least one of them from the urban landscape.

P.S. I feel compelled to point out that a pigeon and a squab are not the same thing. Squabs are fattened baby pigeons, so you if you wanted to be all SAT, you could say that squab is to pigeon as veal is to beef. The restaurant Lark does a lovely squab plate if you ever want to see how tasty the little birdies can be.

Posted by Kalakalot | October 3, 2006 1:39 PM
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freaks! FREEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAKS! why don't you make yourself a delcious feast. Go get a delicious, disease infested pigeon from Broadway. Then go to the Alki Beach and snatch up a dead fish that has washed up on shore. Then go to the woodland park zoo and snatch a baby elephant. Then prance over to the UW and go to the fountain and steal a family of ducks. Oh, why not wander over to a dark alley and grab a rat for desert. Then take them all home, toss them in the oven and have a delicious feast of animals that you captured on your urban hunt. FREAKS.

Posted by d | October 4, 2006 2:01 AM
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I saw one of people at the zoo last week. you scared a poor little girl who screamed, "Mommy, why is that weirdo sitting in the baboon cage nibbling on that baboon's red butt?" Don't you people have any shame?Wandering around the city and snatching up animals like some kind of freaky man-vulture. I have a toy poodle and now I am afraid to take her for a walk because one of you freaks might snatch her and make her your lunch. I better not see any of you freaks chasing my poodle down the street wearing a bib and carrying a knife and fork. FREAKS!

Posted by u are FREAKS | October 4, 2006 2:09 AM

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