[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.

[theFIRMbss]

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

[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.

[dfwgator]

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

[Papabear47]

The fact that you are in a high position in the Humane Society does not diminish what you have to say about canned hunts.I myself shot and had a rug made of an eleven hundred pound Grizzly and a two hundred and forty pound Black Bear while stationed in Alaska in 1970. I was alone both times although others were in my hunting-fishing parties,one would be a fool to hunt big game without at least one companion. Now as far as those who hunt under controlled conditions I can only say that they are either lazy,inept or cowardly.However a real hunter or fisherman does not desire a sure thing,I know this from personal experience and that of my friends, our enjoyment is in the hunt not the kill,I say this for myself and those I go afield with,how others think I cannot comment on although I have been with people that were cruel and wasteful and with whom I would no longer associate with as far as hunting and fishing were concerned.I might also add that there is a up side to these exotic hunts,such as the fact that a demand for such animals will ensure their survival.That may sound selfish or even cruel however it does more to perpetuate a species than all the wailing and hand wringing I see from PETA or the AHS....Would I do a canned hunt? Only if the target were Ben Laden or his ilk. Is that being blood thirsty or inhumane...Ask him,he is the expert.

[tiki]

You might as well play a computer game the way some of these hunts are rigged. The sport is called "HUNTING" not shooting.

[r9etb]

Actually, this is nothing new. My dad stopped hunting back in the 50s after he was invited to go "hunting" with a group of guys who sat in a blind, in comfortable chairs, with beers close at hand, and waited for some beaters to herd tame deer through an open shooting area.

"Hunters" like this need to become targets. IMHO.

[farmfriend]

Rights, farms, environment ping.

Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from this list.
I don't get offended if you want to be removed.

[MEGoody]

"Many are obtained at exotic animal auctions. A sale at one auction last year included zebras, camels, ostriches, kangaroos and lion cubs"

And those who bought the animals and ran the shows were promptly busted.

I agree caging an animal up so you can 'hunt' it is a 'sport' for wussies. Real hunters don't do such things.

[spodefly]

But in this fight, animal advocates are not alone. A good many hunters also find the practice abhorrent.

Count me in that category. I have been a hunter for 20+ years. If I manage to get a shot at a deer, it is because I have prepared and am somewhat lucky. A deer 'harvested' by me or my friends is food on the table.

What these people are doing is not hunting. It is a twisted arcade game with live animals ... essentially, organized poaching.

[redgolum]

About a year ago, I was invited to attend a "canned" hunt, no cost to me, through a business contact. I went with some reservations, and will not go again.

Really it is an old farm boy thing. If you already have it caught, why not just chop its head off and toss it in the pot? I understand that this type of hunt is big in Europe, and is gaining in popularity in the US. Personally, I find hunting wild game in the wild a much more enjoyable past time. However this practice SHOULD NOT be banned. For some it is the only way they will get a chance to hunt.

[Squantos]

Hunters ping...........Stay Safe !

[editor-surveyor]

"Animal rights?"

Everything but constitutional rights seem to be ok with the socialists. Canned hunts are not my cup of tea, but they are not abuse.

[Dan from Michigan]

I PERSONALLY don't support this. Therfore, I use the market technique and won't buy a 'canned hunt'. To each their own.

That said this is nothing more than a 'divide and conquer' strategy against ALL hunting by the wackos at the HSUS(not your pet rescue groups).