No Canned Hunts In Tennessee
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Tennessee
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"Canned hunts" are shooting domestically raised exotic animals (buffalo, zebra. etc.) behind fences on twenty acres or more(as long as it isn't cross fenced). If you are against this please sign.
"Canned hunts" are shooting domestically raised exotic animals (buffalo, zebra. etc.) behind fences on twenty acres or more(as long as it isn't cross fenced). If you are against this please sign.
Dear Tennesseans,
Our state prides itself on its' wild game, and the hunting and fishing quality of our area. The fact that exotic game (buffalo, zebra,etc.) are being brought to Tennessee or raised locally to be hunted(?) behind fences on twenty acres or more as long as it isn't cross fenced does not sound like the pride our hunters take in their catch. This kind of hunting(?) is like shooting fish in a barrel. No sport to it! Just a slaughter that cost the hunter thousands of dollars for a trophy(?).
Exotic wildlife could be detrimental to our state as well. If animals such as wild razorback boar or exotic deer or goat do escape from these small areas, the destruction to our beautiful mountains could be devastating. Does our state really want to risk our wildlife, lake areas, and stock so someone from another state can make thousands?
Hunting is a proud a honored tradition. The hunter goes home empty handed to hunt another day. Please , let's stop the slaughter no canned hunts in Tennessee. Twenty other states have already made this illegal. We believe, Tennessee should be next. Don't you? Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Give Them A Chance
Our state prides itself on its' wild game, and the hunting and fishing quality of our area. The fact that exotic game (buffalo, zebra,etc.) are being brought to Tennessee or raised locally to be hunted(?) behind fences on twenty acres or more as long as it isn't cross fenced does not sound like the pride our hunters take in their catch. This kind of hunting(?) is like shooting fish in a barrel. No sport to it! Just a slaughter that cost the hunter thousands of dollars for a trophy(?).
Exotic wildlife could be detrimental to our state as well. If animals such as wild razorback boar or exotic deer or goat do escape from these small areas, the destruction to our beautiful mountains could be devastating. Does our state really want to risk our wildlife, lake areas, and stock so someone from another state can make thousands?
Hunting is a proud a honored tradition. The hunter goes home empty handed to hunt another day. Please , let's stop the slaughter no canned hunts in Tennessee. Twenty other states have already made this illegal. We believe, Tennessee should be next. Don't you? Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Give Them A Chance
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# 608:
6:02 am PDT, Sep 5,
Grace Jansen, Tennessee
# 607:
12:33 pm PDT, Sep 4,
Michael Stevens, Tennessee
While I don't echo the "pride" and "honor" associated with hunting and find hunting in general -- and the consumption of flesh slaughtered in even worse ways at factory farms -- unnecessarily cruel and wasteful, I agree with the rest of this petition.
While I don't echo the "pride" and "honor" associated with hunting and find hunting in general -- and the consumption of flesh slaughtered in even worse ways at factory farms -- unnecessarily cruel and wasteful, I agree with the rest of this petition.
# 606:
7:31 pm PDT, Sep 3,
Marcelle Deliere, Tennessee
# 605:
7:30 pm PDT, Sep 3,
Maisie Jordan, United Kingdom
# 604:
3:26 pm PDT, Sep 3,
Name not displayed, Tennessee
Apparently there's no depth too low for some people to stoop in order to make a dollar. This is so outrageous I'm amazed there isn't a law in place to prevent it from happening. "Hunting" of the type being discussed is as unsporting as aerial hunting such as Senator Palin whole heartedly supports in Alaska. Both are totally lacking in sportsmanship & should be outlawed by each of the United States.
Apparently there's no depth too low for some people to stoop in order to make a dollar. This is so outrageous I'm amazed there isn't a law in place to prevent it from happening. "Hunting" of the type being discussed is as unsporting as aerial hunting such as Senator Palin whole heartedly supports in Alaska. Both are totally lacking in sportsmanship & should be outlawed by each of the United States.
# 603:
5:06 pm PDT, Sep 2,
Candice Russell, Virginia
Honestly, people? It's one thing to shoot animals during a legalized hunting season and to actually use the animal, but to hunt animals on a RESERVE that are possibly endangered already? I don't understand human beings sometimes.
Honestly, people? It's one thing to shoot animals during a legalized hunting season and to actually use the animal, but to hunt animals on a RESERVE that are possibly endangered already? I don't understand human beings sometimes.
# 602:
1:46 pm PDT, Sep 2,
Name not displayed, Tennessee
# 601:
12:47 pm PDT, Sep 2,
Janis Krohn, New York
# 600:
10:08 am PDT, Sep 2,
Joanne Hall, Tennessee
As a nurse I cannot see the sense of sport nor the mental health of hunters being enhanced by brutality. Joanne Hall, PhD RN, FAAN
As a nurse I cannot see the sense of sport nor the mental health of hunters being enhanced by brutality. Joanne Hall, PhD RN, FAAN
# 599:
6:44 am PDT, Sep 2,
Cassandra Guyon, United Kingdom
I cannot believe in this day and age that something so cruel is going on!
I cannot believe in this day and age that something so cruel is going on!
# 598:
4:42 am PDT, Sep 2,
Justine Slaven, Australia
Talk about cowardice. What did those animals ever do to the people hunting them?
Talk about cowardice. What did those animals ever do to the people hunting them?
# 597:
1:11 pm PDT, Sep 1,
Eileen Anderson, Ohio
# 596:
10:47 am PDT, Sep 1,
Clif Tennison, Tennessee
# 595:
3:42 pm PDT, Aug 30,
Donna Ellstrom, Tennessee
# 594:
12:53 pm PDT, Aug 29,
Larry Pennington, Tennessee
Recently watching a show on game reserves, I was glad to hear a guide mention the site had 15,000 acres, and here hunting was fair. The problem was in editing this particular hunting show: strings of footage put together that indicated you can walk around a bush, see a ram, and kill it with one shot. The ease and quickness that the show displayed may have served the reserve's business--and that's not hunting.
Recently watching a show on game reserves, I was glad to hear a guide mention the site had 15,000 acres, and here hunting was fair. The problem was in editing this particular hunting show: strings of footage put together that indicated you can walk around a bush, see a ram, and kill it with one shot. The ease and quickness that the show displayed may have served the reserve's business--and that's not hunting.
# 593:
6:02 am PDT, Aug 29,
Meredith Crawford, Tennessee
# 592:
1:07 pm PDT, Aug 28,
Name not displayed, Kansas
# 591:
2:46 pm PDT, Aug 26,
Heather Berg, Washington
Hunting should only be used for necessity, not for sport. How would we like it if the tables were turned on us and we were the ones being hunted? If people want to hunt, they should just go ahead and buy a video game and kill all the animals they want. Or if they're just rich morons looking for something to fill up the time, they should take up a hobby that doesn't include senseless killing. Like bingo. More rich people should play bingo. At least then they'd be only hurting each other.
Hunting should only be used for necessity, not for sport. How would we like it if the tables were turned on us and we were the ones being hunted? If people want to hunt, they should just go ahead and buy a video game and kill all the animals they want. Or if they're just rich morons looking for something to fill up the time, they should take up a hobby that doesn't include senseless killing. Like bingo. More rich people should play bingo. At least then they'd be only hurting each other.
# 590:
9:43 am PDT, Aug 26,
Nicole Strickland, Tennessee
# 589:
8:56 am PDT, Aug 26,
Marty Lawson, Tennessee
I cannot believe that we live in a state where canned hunting is allowed and "legal" according to TWRA. It's bad enough to let people hunt when the animals are running loose (mainly because people don't eat the meat, it's wasted) but to put an enclosure around an animal and then hunt it. You hunters call that a "sport"? Come on....
I cannot believe that we live in a state where canned hunting is allowed and "legal" according to TWRA. It's bad enough to let people hunt when the animals are running loose (mainly because people don't eat the meat, it's wasted) but to put an enclosure around an animal and then hunt it. You hunters call that a "sport"? Come on....
# 588:
8:28 am PDT, Aug 26,
Tim Adams, Tennessee
# 587:
8:22 am PDT, Aug 26,
Lore Beckett, Tennessee
Perhaps, for 48 hours we could place the owner of this entertainment venue inside his own fence, and let him run for his life...
Perhaps, for 48 hours we could place the owner of this entertainment venue inside his own fence, and let him run for his life...
# 586:
6:12 am PDT, Aug 26,
ALAN ROBERTS, Tennessee
# 585:
9:20 pm PDT, Aug 25,
Kimberly O'Bryant, Tennessee
This is a travesty. I thought we were a country that was supposed to have laws against the cruelty of animals. The animals are partly domesticated because they have been brought up around people. Therefore, they have lost their fear of people. This is not hunting; it is like fishing in a barrel. I think the state of Tennessee should put a stop to this. Eleven states already have a ban on 'canned hunts'. Twelve have a partial ban, and Two states are in the process of banning canned hunts. The state of Tennessee needs to catch up. Also, Robert Haun is from North Carolina, where there is a ban on canned hunts, and we have let him come in and do this to our state. If you go to Haun's website, his contact information is area code 828, a North Carolina area code. Basically, he has opened this in Tennessee but is operating it out of North Carolina. Most likely he has done this to circumvent the laws. Haun is nothing but a money hungry opportunist. Haun must be taught a lesson that we will not stand for this. Please ban canned hunting and stop the opening of this "business". Furthermore, if there are laws created to stop canned hunting, none of the ones already operating should be grandfathered in. CANNED HUNTING of any animal is a terrible thing and should be stopped altogether.
This is a travesty. I thought we were a country that was supposed to have laws against the cruelty of animals. The animals are partly domesticated because they have been brought up around people. Therefore, they have lost their fear of people. This is not hunting; it is like fishing in a barrel. I think the state of Tennessee should put a stop to this. Eleven states already have a ban on 'canned hunts'. Twelve have a partial ban, and Two states are in the process of banning canned hunts. The state of Tennessee needs to catch up. Also, Robert Haun is from North Carolina, where there is a ban on canned hunts, and we have let him come in and do this to our state. If you go to Haun's website, his contact information is area code 828, a North Carolina area code. Basically, he has opened this in Tennessee but is operating it out of North Carolina. Most likely he has done this to circumvent the laws. Haun is nothing but a money hungry opportunist. Haun must be taught a lesson that we will not stand for this. Please ban canned hunting and stop the opening of this "business". Furthermore, if there are laws created to stop canned hunting, none of the ones already operating should be grandfathered in. CANNED HUNTING of any animal is a terrible thing and should be stopped altogether.
# 584:
7:59 pm PDT, Aug 25,
Name not displayed, Tennessee
This is disgusting!!! What's next? Lounge chairs in the forest with remote controls that detonate targeted animals. Beer on tap too? How anyone can derive pleasure from killing another living thing is beyond me. Have you no hearts? If anyone has $10,000 to blow on killing an exotic animal to enlarge his own ego, why not use it in a constructive manner...like help humanity, better yet, get yourself a good therapist. I strongly object to these so called "canned hunts".
This is disgusting!!! What's next? Lounge chairs in the forest with remote controls that detonate targeted animals. Beer on tap too? How anyone can derive pleasure from killing another living thing is beyond me. Have you no hearts? If anyone has $10,000 to blow on killing an exotic animal to enlarge his own ego, why not use it in a constructive manner...like help humanity, better yet, get yourself a good therapist. I strongly object to these so called "canned hunts".
# 583:
7:01 pm PDT, Aug 25,
Alan Blevins, Tennessee
# 582:
4:01 pm PDT, Aug 25,
Marlene Taylor, Tennessee
not in our community, not in our state, not in our country. An embarassment to all humanity and representative of the dregs of society!
not in our community, not in our state, not in our country. An embarassment to all humanity and representative of the dregs of society!
# 581:
1:46 pm PDT, Aug 25,
Name not displayed, Tennessee
I just can't believe people need to hunt domestic raised animals. That means these guys are NOT hunters they are murderers. Exotic animals are suppose to be in the wild for everyone to SEE and admire not kill. It just makes me sick that TN of all states is even considering this stupid idea. Make the preserve a drive thru park for people to come and see the animals.
I just can't believe people need to hunt domestic raised animals. That means these guys are NOT hunters they are murderers. Exotic animals are suppose to be in the wild for everyone to SEE and admire not kill. It just makes me sick that TN of all states is even considering this stupid idea. Make the preserve a drive thru park for people to come and see the animals.
# 580:
9:18 am PDT, Aug 25,
Jessica Liu, Thailand
This is disgusting, what is with this? I am against hunting completely, but this just takes it to a new level of animal cruelty. A lodge for people that can't hunt regularly, so they go after animals in a fenced hunting area? Just plain stupid. At the very least, in the wild animals have a CHANCE to escape. Here, the owners are just breeding the animals to be slaughtered by bullets. This is completely inhumane and un-justified. It just shows what HEARTLESS people are willing to do to feel powerful. And to the creators of this place, you are heartless asses, raising animals that trust you, only to have them slaughtered off at a price. You should be completely ashamed of yourselves.
This is disgusting, what is with this? I am against hunting completely, but this just takes it to a new level of animal cruelty. A lodge for people that can't hunt regularly, so they go after animals in a fenced hunting area? Just plain stupid. At the very least, in the wild animals have a CHANCE to escape. Here, the owners are just breeding the animals to be slaughtered by bullets. This is completely inhumane and un-justified. It just shows what HEARTLESS people are willing to do to feel powerful. And to the creators of this place, you are heartless asses, raising animals that trust you, only to have them slaughtered off at a price. You should be completely ashamed of yourselves.
# 579:
7:19 am PDT, Aug 25,
Margaret (Peggy) Rapp, Tennessee
This is despicable. What is happening to our humanity?
This is despicable. What is happening to our humanity?
# 578:
6:50 am PDT, Aug 25,
Nancy Berger, Tennessee
# 577:
6:48 am PDT, Aug 25,
Amy Leathers, Tennessee
# 576:
6:34 am PDT, Aug 25,
Ethel Wood, Tennessee
Please outlaw canned hunting in the State of Tennessee. The idea of canned hunting is inhumane and I don't believe canned hunting was God's idea of hunting food for survival.
Please outlaw canned hunting in the State of Tennessee. The idea of canned hunting is inhumane and I don't believe canned hunting was God's idea of hunting food for survival.
# 575:
6:24 am PDT, Aug 25,
Kevin Walker, Tennessee
# 574:
3:36 am PDT, Aug 25,
Rebecca Boardman, Tennessee
This is WRONG. The animals don't have a chance. They are defenseless.
This is WRONG. The animals don't have a chance. They are defenseless.
# 573:
5:40 pm PDT, Aug 24,
Bonnie Drozdowicz, Tennessee
This is totally unheard of. What is wrong with these people?
This is totally unheard of. What is wrong with these people?
# 572:
12:26 pm PDT, Aug 24,
Didem Coban, Turkey
# 571:
7:34 am PDT, Aug 24,
Darren Tidwell, Tennessee
I think these people have to kill defenseless creatures to compensate for their small penis'. They also probably drive Hummers.
I think these people have to kill defenseless creatures to compensate for their small penis'. They also probably drive Hummers.
# 570:
6:24 pm PDT, Aug 23,
Rebecca Reynolds, Tennessee
# 569:
4:26 pm PDT, Aug 23,
Britney Vann, Tennessee
If these people want to participate in a real sport then why don't they volunteer to put themselves in the 20 acres and hunt each other. They will actually be able to fight for themselves which will make it more competitive and interesting unlike watching poor innocent animals get killed because they can't get away from these ignorant human beings. Get a life and some balls while you're at it because obviously you aren't real men!! Britney Vann
If these people want to participate in a real sport then why don't they volunteer to put themselves in the 20 acres and hunt each other. They will actually be able to fight for themselves which will make it more competitive and interesting unlike watching poor innocent animals get killed because they can't get away from these ignorant human beings. Get a life and some balls while you're at it because obviously you aren't real men!! Britney Vann
# 568:
5:34 pm PDT, Aug 22,
Name not displayed, Tennessee
Very cruel, the animals are not free, they are captured/restricted without a chance of escape. You would think that human beings, with their higher intelligence (?) would not participate in such a hedious manner. However, for some being the superpreditor human beings are, have a mindset worse than any living creature in existence. Very Sad!!
Very cruel, the animals are not free, they are captured/restricted without a chance of escape. You would think that human beings, with their higher intelligence (?) would not participate in such a hedious manner. However, for some being the superpreditor human beings are, have a mindset worse than any living creature in existence. Very Sad!!
# 567:
4:15 pm PDT, Aug 22,
David Brown, Tennessee
Proverbs 12:10: A righteous man careth for the life of his beast; but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Proverbs 12:10: A righteous man careth for the life of his beast; but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
# 566:
2:18 pm PDT, Aug 22,
Brittany Bostick, Tennessee
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treatedÓ. ~ Mahatma Gandhi What does allowing this sort of thing to take place say about TN? This is not hunting, this is not sportmanship, this is a cruel and outdated practice that should be banned in Tennessee and across the country.
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treatedÓ. ~ Mahatma Gandhi What does allowing this sort of thing to take place say about TN? This is not hunting, this is not sportmanship, this is a cruel and outdated practice that should be banned in Tennessee and across the country.
# 565:
11:33 am PDT, Aug 22,
Name not displayed, Tennessee
This is not hunting and is outrageous!
This is not hunting and is outrageous!
# 564:
11:30 am PDT, Aug 22,
Eric Fugate, Tennessee
# 563:
11:04 am PDT, Aug 22,
Alicia Fugate, Tennessee
I am outraged that this type of thing could happen in Tennessee
I am outraged that this type of thing could happen in Tennessee
# 562:
9:59 am PDT, Aug 22,
Mark Armstrong, Tennessee
# 561:
9:36 am PDT, Aug 22,
Christopher Juday, Tennessee
I am amazed that people think this is hunting. It is like throwing dynamite in a lake and calling it fishing. They should probably check and see if there are any SSP animals at their slaughter house.
I am amazed that people think this is hunting. It is like throwing dynamite in a lake and calling it fishing. They should probably check and see if there are any SSP animals at their slaughter house.
# 560:
6:31 am PDT, Aug 22,
Debbie Butz, Illinois
# 559:
5:31 am PDT, Aug 22,
Heidi Breeden, Tennessee
We live in a society were there is gray areas of what we consider cruelty to animals. For this reason we waver on whether we think canned hunting is wrong. It's a step in the wrong direction at the very least.
We live in a society were there is gray areas of what we consider cruelty to animals. For this reason we waver on whether we think canned hunting is wrong. It's a step in the wrong direction at the very least.
# 558:
2:58 am PDT, Aug 22,
Allison Hargett, Tennessee
# 557:
1:40 am PDT, Aug 22,
Asli Gedik, Germany
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# 556:
3:45 pm PDT, Aug 21,
Lindsey Baker, Arizona
You should be ashamed. Putting wild animals in a defenseless situation and then slaughtering them? Nothing about that is alright.
You should be ashamed. Putting wild animals in a defenseless situation and then slaughtering them? Nothing about that is alright.
# 555:
2:54 pm PDT, Aug 21,
Doris Valladares, Honduras
# 554:
1:20 pm PDT, Aug 21,
Alexis Abrams, New York
This is absolutely horrifying. How would you like it if some other, greater species had people pay to hunt us? You have no conscience if you continue with this project.
This is absolutely horrifying. How would you like it if some other, greater species had people pay to hunt us? You have no conscience if you continue with this project.
# 553:
12:39 pm PDT, Aug 21,
Susan Qualls, Tennessee
This is wrong, bottom line. Good example; former President Rosevelt, who was a HUGE hunter,had a hunting trip planned to Africa & when he found out the animals were fenced, he refused to particiapte. He said it was an extremly unfair advantage that humans don't need. That should say something!! This is moraly & ethically wrong & those that articiapte will pay the cost one day.
This is wrong, bottom line. Good example; former President Rosevelt, who was a HUGE hunter,had a hunting trip planned to Africa & when he found out the animals were fenced, he refused to particiapte. He said it was an extremly unfair advantage that humans don't need. That should say something!! This is moraly & ethically wrong & those that articiapte will pay the cost one day.
# 552:
12:28 pm PDT, Aug 21,
Leslie Nelson, Tennessee
Come on people these beautiful creatures are not here for us to hurt. How could anyone find this enjoyable? People that are lacking in something, or little.....
Come on people these beautiful creatures are not here for us to hurt. How could anyone find this enjoyable? People that are lacking in something, or little.....
# 551:
12:05 pm PDT, Aug 21,
Lindsey Sanders, Tennessee
