Regarding the Sept. 13 article "Hunter finds life a boar but crow risotto anyone?": An Aishin hunting club member is quoted as saying that blood from a wild boar should be drained "while the heart is still beating, and the body should be cooled immediately" . . . to avoid becoming sick.
Nonsense. Blood is always drained -- even in the chickens, pigs and cattle that everyone eats. But it's done for taste, not to prevent illness. There is no need to do it "while the heart is still beating." Most would consider it extremely cruel to intentionally wound an animal so that you could drain blood while it is still living. At least hunters where I come from would, but perhaps not so in Japan. Cooling the carcass down is important to prevent spoilage.
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