Quote#Self
Hunting for sport is an improvement over hunting for food, in that…
Quote byAldo Leopold · 1887–1948
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Game Management, 1933, Chapter XVI, "Game Economics and Esthetics", p. 391..
English (original)
Hunting for sport is an improvement over hunting for food, in that there has been added to the test of skill and ethical code, which the hunter formulates for himself, and must live up to without the moral support of bystanders.
— Aldo Leopold
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