Well, what hunter with Internet connectivity hasn’t heard about Eliza Dushku (Faith, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and the recent revelation that she’s a huntress? Oh, yes, PETA is up in arms about the whole thing… shocking as that may be. If you haven’t checked your email or the hunting forums lately, you can read a great take on the whole thing on NorCal Cazadora’s blog.
In other non-news (this one should already be in the archive, but I’m a slacker), I wanted to follow up on my recent post about Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s supposed conflict with a community hog hunt that just happened to run across the French villa they’d rented. Well, as I suggested when I first mentioned this one, the press was making a bigger deal of this than the “Brangelina”. And sure enough, the “rest of the story” is that Brad really has no problem with the hunt, although he appropriately asked that his family’s privacy be protected.
What the original article didn’t mention was that the hunt isn’t just a traditional event, but a method of controlling the wild boar population and reducing their impact on the local vineyards. From OK! Magazine online:
“Brad is committed to protecting the vineyards,” says the mayor of nearby Correns, Michael Latz, who is very optimistic” that everything will work out.
“As long as his family’s privacy is secure, there should be no problem.”
What else is going on out there? Any other celebrities sited hog hunting?
Hunting maintains balance and I think more people should be aware of it that it actually serves society. Wield boar can be a huge problem if left to breed freely.