By Larry S. Moore

USAToday ran a story recently about the declining number of hunters in the United States ("American Hunter is a vanishing breed"). This is indeed a sad statistic that has been covered by several journals across the country.

By John R. Lott, Jr.

Do vegetarians benefit from hunting? Well, let’s just say that all those vegetarians who have adopted their non-meat eating lifestyles because they abhor harming animals might be in for a real shock. Farms actually depend crucially on the ability to kill animals that eat their crops. So vegetarians might consider whether the fine print under their organic labels actually contains the words “no animals were harmed in the making of this food.”

With hunting season starting in various parts of the country, it may be time to acknowledge what vegetarians, as well as hunted animals, owe to hunters.

Deer, rabbits, and various rodents cause extensive crop damage. Not killing those animals would raise the total expenditures on