In New England the first red leaf was a sure portent of fall, but in Geneva the signs in the restaurants that the hunt has arrived…La chasse est arrivée, serves the same purpose. Restaurants add pheasant, hare and venison to their menus brought down from the Alps and the Jura by hunters. Not all signs are as cute as this one in this downtown restaurant. I have never been a fan of hunting ever since reading Bambi, but I can accept that this is deeply ingrained in the Swiss culture, and as one hunter explained it, it does keep the animal population in balance. Still, I do feel sorry for the poor animals.
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