Stacking the Hunt (canned hunting is more than crass — it's cruel)

New York Times ^ | December 9, 2003 | WAYNE PACELLE

[Kenton]

Oh, Wacko Wayne Pacelle, the biggest "animal rights" nut in the country after Ingrid Newkirk.

How predictable.

[NativeNewYorker]

Frankly, canned hunting is an apt metaphor
for the way the mutual fund sharpies skimmed
all the widows and orphans.

[elbucko]

A good many hunters also find the practice abhorrent.

So do I. The process is as important as the product.
It's the hunting equivalent to buying a hooker because your too inadequate to snag a female.

[presidio9]

I'm sure you know this, but for everyone else's information, Wayne Pacelle is a senior vice president of the Humane Society.

[Pikamax]

canned hunting is weak.

[skinkinthegrass]

Wayne Pacelle is a senior vice president of the Humane Society.

I didn't...thanks for the info.

..their a crop, like corn/soy beans and the Hunters are paying a high price for the hunt, thereby providing a range for other animal species....besides the animals don't know it.

[theFIRMbss]

>A growing number of people, however, are embracing a different set of rules —

[skinkinthegrass]

Wayne Pacelle is a senior vice president of the Humane Society.

I didn't...thanks for the info.

..their a crop, like corn/soy beans and the Hunters are paying a high price for the hunt, thereby providing a range for other animal species....besides the animals don't know it.

[looscnnn]

While I don't agree with the drugging, shooting in cages, etc. It needs to be noted that these are not in a small fenced area, they are on large acreage parcels of land that are fenced to keep the dangerous animals from roaming onto someone elses land and attacking a person.

I couldn't afford to hunt at one of these places, let alone in Africa, and I don't think I would anyway. However, these places may become the only places to hunt if the environuts get their way. Of course, they could also get closed up by the environuts.

[dirtboy]

..their a crop, like corn/soy beans and the Hunters are paying a high price for the hunt, thereby providing a range for other animal species....besides the animals don't know it.

My neighbors raise pheasants in a large netted enclosure and then release them in a field the day of the hunt. These birds are fairly tame and often don't bolt until the hunters are right on top of them, making for a rather easy shot. In a way, it's not any different from raising a chicken to chop off its neck prior to dinner, but I don't consider the hunting involved very sporting.

[beezdotcom]

So do I. The process is as important as the product. It's the hunting equivalent to buying a hooker because your too inadequate to snag a female.

I agree, insomuch as the term 'hunting' is used. It's a rather "girly-man" way to bag a beast.

I don't find it particularly cruel, however - and anyone who does has bought into the PETA dogma. Anyone who claims this is cruel has to then be upset about animals raised in pens for slaughter. And I'm not giving up bacon.

[dfwgator]

What's the sport in hunting cans? Reminds me of that scene in The Jerk, "...he hates these cans."

[presidio9]

If you know a kid in 1-3 grade, read this book to him or her:

[d-back]

This is classic divide-and-conquer by HSUS. The concept of hunting "fenced" animals is naturally repugnant to ethical hunters, yet the reality is that the "fences" contain hundreds and frequently thousands of acres.

If you value hunting, don't fall for this nonsense and support a ban on so-called "canned" hunts. Like "assault" weapons, it's part of an incrementalist strategy.

[ThinkLikeWaterAndReeds]

I saw a film of a black leopard that had been declawed and released from a cage in front of some "good ol' boys" with a dozen dogs. The dogs promptly tore the leopard apart and the owners cheered and stood with one foot on the leopard in victory. Now that is a real bunch of men.

[ThinkLikeWaterAndReeds]

I saw a film of a black leopard that had been declawed and released from a cage in front of some "good ol' boys" with a dozen dogs. The dogs promptly tore the leopard apart and the owners cheered and stood with one foot on the leopard in victory. Now that is a real bunch of men.

[beezdotcom]

I saw a film of a black leopard that had been declawed and released from a cage in front of some "good ol' boys" with a dozen dogs. The dogs promptly tore the leopard apart and the owners cheered and stood with one foot on the leopard in victory. Now that is a real bunch of men.

No argument. Nonetheless, I'd rather be THAT leopard than a pig in a slaughterhouse. More than that, I'd rather just eat them both.

[Zansman]

I say anyone that would go on one of these hunts is a mouth-breathing girly man no matter how much land the animals are fenced in.

The analogy of the nerd using hookers because that's all he can get is extremely accurate. These clowns would soil themselves on a real hunt.

Personally I adhere to the "Nugent Doctrine" when it comes to my hunting. I much prefer the crossbow to a rifle and the process of tracking the beast is where I get most of my enjoyment. I even think the use of feeders really reduces the challenge, but hey, if you're not up to it, you're not up to it.

[non-anonymous]

I don't find it particularly cruel, however

I don't either, in general, except that some (perhaps most) of these people are horrible shots, and end up mangling the animal before it finally dies. When it takes you 3 or 4 shots at 10 feet to kill a pheasant on a short leash, that's pretty lame.

I love hunting, but if you're going to do something like that, why not just beat it to death with a baseball bat?