Opening the lid on canned hunts
Here's a video from the Humane Society of the United States that exposes "canned" hunting for what it is -- unfair, wimpy and, in the words of HSUS president Wayne Pacelle, "an open-air slaughterhouse."
The animals are often fenced in, meaning there is no escape. They are often brought in from the outside, meaning they are partially domesticated, and therefore might be unafraid of the intrepid humans who fancy they are bravely stalking wild prey.
Most of it takes place on private ranches -- from Texas to South Africa, HSUS says -- where hunters pay a fee and are guaranteed a kill.
As if the canned hunt weren't one-sided enough, the HSUS reports that some hunters have taken to using donuts to lure their prey and GPS-equipped hounds to track them down.
If all that weren't despicable enough, these hunters -- so as not to damage their trophies -- will often let the animals die slow deaths.
For more information, visit the HSUS web site.
Comments
Few things are more cowardly than canned hunts. There should be a federal ban. Same with Internet hunting. I shouldn't be surprised anymore, and I suppose I'm really not, that Internet hunting isn't banned in all states but I am disgusted that it isn't. Same with canned hunts which are for idiots with too much money and time on their hands and no guts or brains at all.
Posted by: Linda | May 11, 2008 2:33 AM
I don't know what's worse: These people pretending to be "hunters" killing an unarmed animal with their high powered rifles just so they can put the body parts on their trophy wall or hunting them while they are caged up and have nowhere to run or hide. This is NOT even "hunting". Instead, this is a cowardly act perpetrated by people who have too much time and money on their hands; the same people who have a complete disregard for the life of any sentient beings other than themselves.
It's such a sad world when you think that some humans are doing all these atrocities to helpless animals for the sole purpose of satisfying themselves.
It is up to us, the people who care about these issues, to do speak for those who can't speak for themselves.
Posted by: Janina | May 22, 2009 3:14 AM