Though there are many benefits of hunting, you're not likely to
read about them in the pages of Treehugger or other green-living
publications. Yet hunters have been among the most dedicated of
conservationists for centuries. Take a look at how new ideas
like green hunting are reshaping this most ancient of the
survival arts. Hunting and Extinction For eons, people hunted
and fished in order to survive, especially in harsh climates
where the growing season was short and food supplies were not
reliable year-round. Even in places with temperate climates,
diets that were largely vegetarian were supplemented with
nutrient-rich fish and meats. Some of this hunting was done
without undue stress on animal populations, though there is
evidence that overhunting contributed to the extinction of many
animal species. (There's always an inherent danger in assuming
that primitive people lived in blissful harmony with nature.
Nothing, in fact, could be farther from the truth.) The North
American camel and mastodon, New Zeala