Protect Big Cats: End Internet Canned Hunts

Dear Representative,

Please sign on as co-sponsor of HR 1558, a bill to prohibit computer assisted Internet hunting.

Without a doubt, the vast majority of your constituents would agree that this new technology based form of animal cruelty has no place in our social norm. Hunting organizations and animal advocates alike can certainly agree that this practice bears no resemblance to sport, it violates the ethics of "fair chase", and is a bizarre extension of the distorted reality of video gaming.

What are we teaching people, and what dangerous precedents are we setting for our younger generations by allowing people to point, click and kill? Will we then be surprised when the next highway snipers are somewhere behind a computer far distant from the scene of the crime? Allowing this kind of animal abuse makes the reality of killing and death no more than a two dimensional form of entertainment. The only people that can possibly benefit from this activity are the providers of "canned hunts" who then exponentially extend their market for an already questionable business.

I care about animal welfare, and I believe that the treatment of animals, children, and the disadvantaged all reflect deeply on the values of our society. I will only support legislators who show compassion for animals.

Thank you for demonstrating your prompt support for this important bill to end Internet killing.