If you don't know what a canned hunt is, you're not alone. The folks who run these operations don't want people like you to see them -- ever. That's because the operators of canned hunts charge trophy hunters a fee to shoot captive, exotic animals at close range. Many of these so-called hunters have little experience with a rifle. The animal suffering can be extreme.
Urge your U.S. senators and representative to crack down on the more than 1,000 commercial canned hunting operations across the country, which allow trophy hunters to kill exotic animals such as African lions, giraffes and blackbuck antelope who never even have a chance to escape. There is neither sportsmanship here nor ethics, only a desire to make money off the killing of captive animals.
Ask your senators and representative to co-sponsor the Sportsmanship in Hunting Act of 2005 to halt the interstate traffic of exotic animals for the purpose of hunting and trophy collecting.
We signed the “Crack Down On Canned Hunts!” petition!
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8:50 pm PDT, Sep 12,JoAnne Perdue, Florida
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12:39 pm PDT, Sep 12,Janet McPherson, United Kingdom
This is a disgrace...and should be stopped. These people who pay to kill these animals are pathetic and those who run these operations are a disgrace to the human race.
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6:11 am PDT, Sep 11,Alessandro Barracciu, Italy
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6:10 am PDT, Sep 11,Laura Tatti, Italy
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12:33 pm PDT, Sep 10,Olivia Ryan, United Kingdom
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6:39 pm PDT, Sep 9,Sharon Cook, Arkansas
This practice should never have started in the first place but we can do the right thing and put a stop to it.
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2:34 pm PDT, Sep 9,Jayme Levy, Indiana
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12:36 pm PDT, Sep 9,Theresia Hoffmann, Germany
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5:33 pm PDT, Sep 7,Chris Anas, California
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8:07 pm PDT, Sep 6,Danielle Granse, California
It is just so pathetic that you can't shoot an actual wild animal. Not saying hunting is ok, but how much pride can you get by shooting a tame animal? That's not hunting!
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11:02 am PDT, Sep 6,Octavian Paul Draja, Romania
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9:30 pm PDT, Sep 4,Nadine Robbert, Australia
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7:59 am PDT, Sep 3,Rayline Dean, California
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5:48 pm PDT, Sep 2,Kyna Crain, Illinois
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2:44 am PDT, Sep 2,Kaytie Irvine, California
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8:45 pm PDT, Sep 1,Hazel Seymour, Canada
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3:39 pm PDT, Aug 29,Selena Millman, Ohio
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8:08 pm PDT, Aug 22,Kira Bacal, Texas
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6:01 am PDT, Aug 22,Ernest Harlow, Texas
This is not sport!How can anyone enjoy this? It's like shooting your neighbor's pet!I am a hunter and find this appalling!
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5:42 pm PDT, Aug 21,Lisa Lehman, Texas
PLEASE end this cruel way of hunting! Put these hunters in a cage and let me shoot them please!!!!!!!!!
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1:40 am PDT, Aug 17,Chuck Dowe, Massachusetts
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2:59 pm PDT, Aug 16,Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
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1:00 am PDT, Aug 12,Laurel Watson, Arizona
This practice must be stopped. Human predators cannot be allowed to destroy everything in their wake. Put them on chain gangs, let them hunt each other.
