... and what about the birds?

With all this fuss about Dick "Deadeye" Cheney potting his hunting buddy with a load of buckshot, everyone seems to have forgotten the real victims in this sorry tale. I refer of course to the quail, the intended target of Deadeye Dick's marksmanship. Am I the only one who thinks it's pathetic for a pack of well-fed old men to be slaughtering small birds for sport?