BANGOR DAILY NEWS • September 4, 2024
I don’t appreciate the shock value of large color photos of hunters, including young children, proudly displaying the dead animals they just killed. I understand that hunting is part of the culture in Maine. Plus, I’m sure that showing photos of hunters with their latest kill helps to sell newspapers. Perhaps the BDN could put these photos farther back in section B (or in a separate section entitled “Dead Animals”) and make them smaller so people who find these photos to be unpleasant will be able to avoid them if they want to. That way, we can read the real and important news about Maine and not have someone’s trophy photo forced on us. ~ Steve Colburn, Orono