Gus, we hunt because it is our nature. We are predators. So are dogs. It's in their instinct to hunt, they don't try to rationalize it. Why should we? And hunting, rationally following our instincts, puts us in touch with nature and our place in the environment, much more than hugging trees.


The key elements in human thinking are not numbers but labels of fuzzy sets. -- L. Zadeh

Which explains a lot.