I just returned from a visit to eastern Pennsylvania. The local paper, the Philadelphia Inquirer, ran an article stating that the Pennsylvania Game Commission was facing a "prickly" situation. The local porcupine population was being decimated by hunters and that a black market was being created as the rodent's meat was a delicacy in Viet Nam and in great demand. Accordingly, to avoid extinction the Game Commission has instituted a quota of ten porcupines per hunter per year. In the past the only demand had been for the quills by Native American Artists. But now if you hunters venture out to make your quota I suggest you do it similarly to how the porcupine makes love - "very carefully."
tjs
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