>>18692590Yeah, the Sinnoh folk tales in the Canalave library canonically stated as much.
>Pick clean the bones of Pokémoncaught in the sea or stream.
>Thank them for the meals theyprovide, and pick their bones clean.
>When the bones are as clean as canbe,
>set them free in the water fromwhich they came.
>The Pokémon will return, fullyfleshed, and it begins anew.
It doesn't say, "hunt pokemon" but implies that the idea of eating a pokemon is not something out of the ordinary.