I received my first copy of High Country News a few days ago and it is every bit as good as you said it would be, only better. I must declare that I was not too happy with the cover, however (HCN, 6/25/07). Too bad I did not meet your lion hunter in ‘Nam. I could have turned him into a fine resemblance of human Swiss cheese on full auto with my M-16. Oh well, we can’t win them all. Hope my combat humor does not offend or upset anyone.

I have camped most of my life in New Mexico and am happy to report that I have been attacked by four different animals. All the incidents were my fault. The animals won, and I lost. Even so, I never hurt any of the attacking animals. I am very proud of this.

Gerald G. Gardner
Albuquerque, New Mexico

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Turning the other cheek – to animals

by Gerald G. Gardner, High Country News
August 6, 2007

<h1>Turning the other cheek – to animals</h1> <p class="byline">by Gerald G. Gardner, High Country News <br />August 6, 2007</p> <p>I received my first copy of <i>High Country<br /> News</i> a few days ago and it is every bit as good as you<br /> said it would be, only better. I must declare that I was not too<br /> happy with the cover, however (<i>HCN</i>, 6/25/07).<br /> Too bad I did not meet your lion hunter in ‘Nam. I could have<br /> turned him into a fine resemblance of human Swiss cheese on full<br /> auto with my M-16. Oh well, we can’t win them all. Hope my combat<br /> humor does not offend or upset anyone. </p> <p> I have camped most<br /> of my life in New Mexico and am happy to report that I have been<br /> attacked by four different animals. All the incidents were my<br /> fault. The animals won, and I lost. Even so, I never hurt any of<br /> the attacking animals. I am very proud of this. </p> <p><i>Gerald G. Gardner<br /> Albuquerque, New<br /> Mexico</i></p> <div class="wp-block-group hcn-print-edition-box"> <p>This article appeared in the <a href="/?p=189134">print edition of the magazine</a> with the headline <span class="hcn-magtitle">Turning the other cheek – to animals</span>.</p> </p></div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/issue-351/turning-the-other-cheek-to-animals/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info Country News&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;quality=100&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=113071&amp;amp;ga4=G-0NS3WVPPTN&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/issue-351/turning-the-other-cheek-to-animals/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/hcn.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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