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Canned hunt

January 01, 1970

A canned hunt is a trophy hunt which is not "fair chase", typically by having game animals kept in a confined area such as in a fenced ranch (i.e. "canned") to prevent the animals' escape and make tracking easier for the hunter, in order to increase the likelihood of the hunter obtaining a kill. The term has been used for driven grouse shooting, in which large areas of Britain are farmed for red grouse.[1] According to WordNet, a canned hunt is a "hunt for animals that have been raised on game ranches until they are mature enough to be killed for trophy collections."[2]

There have been criticisms of this method of hunting from both hunters and animal welfare advocacy groups. "Canned hunting" and "vanity hunting" are derogatory terms not generally applied by the practitioners of activities so described.

Legislation in the U.S. edit

Canned hunting has been banned or restricted in 20 states of the United States, including Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.[3]

In 2006, Alabama was the most recent state to pass legislation banning many forms of canned hunting.[4] In 2007, a bill in the New York State Legislature to ban all canned hunting of certain "exotic" animals was defeated by legislative inaction.[5]

Criticism edit

A number of groups object to the practice of canned hunting for reasons such as cruelty to animals or that it takes away the hunting ethics known as "fair chase".

The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) criticizes canned hunting. In a statement, the HSUS called canned hunts "cruel and brutal activities", in which the hunted animal has "absolutely no chance of escape". It went on to say that animals have been "psychologically conditioned to behave as a target by life in captivity", among other objections.[6]

Some hunting groups, especially those who focus on hunters' ethics, also object to canned hunting.[7] These objections are on the grounds of "fair chase", the idea that an animal has a fair chance of escaping the hunter, and it's not too easy for the hunter to kill the animal. It is believed that canned hunts remove these elements.

Hunting groups such as the Pope and Young Club and the Boone and Crockett Club do not accept animals killed in canned hunts for inclusion in their record books. Boone and Crockett Club refers to the activity as a "canned shoot", as they claim that there is no hunting involved.[8]

Safari Club International no longer accepts animals killed in canned hunts for inclusion in its record books and award categories.

In 2014, 62 cities representing every inhabited continent participated in the first-ever global march against canned hunting, organized by the Campaign Against Canned Hunting.[9]

In the news edit

In 1997, the Journalist Roger Cook exposes the evils of canned hunting in an edition of The Cook Report entitled "Making a Killing".

In 2005, internet hunting became a major news story when a man in Texas set up a webcam and remotely controlled gun to allow hunters to shoot from their computers. According to the Humane Society, most internet hunts involve game ranches where animals are kept penned, making them essentially canned hunts.[10]

On August 15, 2006, Troy Gentry, half of the country music singing duo Montgomery Gentry, appeared in federal court in Duluth, Minnesota, charged with canned hunting. Federal prosecutors allege that Gentry bought a bear named "Cubby" from Lee Marvin Greenly, shot the tame bear while it was in an enclosed pen, tagged the bear as if it had been killed in the wild, and then arranged for the editing of a videotape of the alleged "wild" kill.[11] Gentry and Greenly were said to face a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison and a $20,000 fine if convicted. On November 27, 2006, Gentry pleaded guilty to a charge of falsely tagging the bear. Under the plea agreement, he agreed to pay a $15,000 fine, give up hunting, fishing and trapping in Minnesota for 5 years, and forfeit both the stuffed bear and the bow used to shoot the animal in 2004. Gentry posted a statement on the duo's website on November 9, 2010, apologizing for his actions.

A lesser known incident occurred in late 2003, two years prior to the infamous hunting accident, when then-Vice President Dick Cheney participated in a canned hunt at the Rolling Rock Club in Ligonier Township, Pennsylvania. Cheney and nine companions killed 417 out of 500 ringneck pheasants, of which the Vice President killed 70, and an unknown number of mallard ducks.[12]

In 2006, the South African Minister of Environmental Affairs, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, announced new laws to stop the practise of "canned hunting" in his country.[13] The South African Environment Minister announced long-awaited restrictions on lion hunting, declaring he was sickened by wealthy tourists shooting tamed lions from the back of a truck and felling rhinos with a bow and arrow. This comes in response to the imbroglio created over the potential canned hunt of the African rhinoceros 'Baixinha.'[citation needed] Dismissing threats of legal action by the hunting industry, Marthinus Van Schalkwyk said the new law would ban "canned" hunting of big predators and rhinos in small enclosures that offer them no means of escape. In addition, lions bred in captivity would have to be released into the open for at least two years before they could be hunted. Van Schalkwyk said a previously proposed six-month delay would not give lions enough time to develop self-defence instincts. "Hunting should be about fair chase ... testing the wits of a hunter against that of the animal," he told a press conference. "Over the years that got eroded and now we are trying to re-establish that principle."[14] This measure was later overturned.[15]

In May 2007, a much-reported hunting trip involved the killing of a 1,051 lb (477 kg) pet pig in an alleged canned hunt. The pig was named "Monster Pig" by the media and was thought to be a feral hog, but it was soon discovered that the pig, previously named "Fred", had been someone's pet and was then sold to a hunting facility only a brief time before he was killed. On May 3, paying customers Mike Stone and his 11-year-old son Jamison hunted the pig in a 150-acre (0.61 km2) fenced enclosure. Jamison shot Fred a total of eight times over a period of three hours.[16]

A June 2007 story on CNN detailed canned hunting in South Africa and includes a video of a canned lion hunt where the animal is shot against a fence.[17] On November 30, 2014, CBS's 60 Minutes broadcast a story ("The Lion Whisperer") about one man's sanctuary in South Africa for 26 lions, raised in captivity, which he rescued from the fate of canned lion hunting.[18] In November 2015, the Professional Hunters' Association of South Africa (PHASA) voted to disassociate itself from the practice of canned lion hunting in South Africa. Unless the conservation value of canned lion hunting is demonstrated to PHASA, the organization will remain against the practice and, under penalty of expulsion, no PHASA members will be permitted to participate in canned lion hunts.[19] In November 2017, PHASA came under fire over the body's reversal of its 2015 policy against the hunting of captive-bred lions.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Rebirding: Rewilding Britain and its birds. Benedict Macdonald, 2019, Pelagic Publishing. p. 171.
  2. ^ "Canned hunt: Definition with Canned hunt Pictures and Photos". Lexic.us. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
  3. ^ "Canned Hunting". Christinabush.com. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
  4. ^ http://www.hsus.org November 16, 2015, at the Wayback Machine The Humane Society of the United States
  5. ^ Benjamin Klein, Bill to ban canned hunts falls prey to the legislative clock February 24, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Legislative Gazette, June 25, 2007.
  6. ^ . Issues Facing Wildlife. Humane Society of the United States. Archived from the original on June 16, 2006. Retrieved August 4, 2006.
  7. ^ "Canned Hunts: Unfair at Any Price | Animal Legal & Historical Center". www.animallaw.info.
  8. ^ . Boone and Crockett Club. Archived from the original on September 18, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  9. ^ Your African Safari, "Campaign against canned hunting in South Africa: interview with Chris Mercer"
  10. ^ Humane Society Wildlife Abuse Campaign, . Archived from the original on October 28, 2008.
  11. ^ . Archived from the original on August 21, 2006. Retrieved August 16, 2006.
  12. ^ "Cheney faces heat for 'canned hunt'". Today.com, Jeannette Walls with Ashley Pearson, December 18, 2003. December 10, 2003.
  13. ^ . Archived from the original on October 23, 2006. Retrieved October 22, 2006.
  14. ^ Nullis, Clare (February 22, 2007). . Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
  15. ^ "South Africa Resumes Canned Hunting".
  16. ^ . Archived from the original on June 6, 2007. Retrieved June 1, 2007.
  17. ^ "CNN "Shooting Lions in South Africa"". Cnn.com. June 8, 2007. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
  18. ^ Clarissa Ward (November 30, 2014). "The lion whisperer". CBS News. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
  19. ^ "PHASA Distances Itself From Captive-Bred Lion Hunting".

External links edit

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A canned hunt is a trophy hunt which is not fair chase typically by having game animals kept in a confined area such as in a fenced ranch i e canned to prevent the animals escape and make tracking easier for the hunter in order to increase the likelihood of the hunter obtaining a kill The term has been used for driven grouse shooting in which large areas of Britain are farmed for red grouse 1 According to WordNet a canned hunt is a hunt for animals that have been raised on game ranches until they are mature enough to be killed for trophy collections 2 There have been criticisms of this method of hunting from both hunters and animal welfare advocacy groups Canned hunting and vanity hunting are derogatory terms not generally applied by the practitioners of activities so described Contents 1 Legislation in the U S 2 Criticism 3 In the news 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksLegislation in the U S editCanned hunting has been banned or restricted in 20 states of the United States including Alabama Arizona California Connecticut Delaware Georgia Hawaii Maryland Massachusetts Minnesota Mississippi Montana Nevada North Carolina Oregon Rhode Island Virginia Wisconsin and Wyoming 3 In 2006 Alabama was the most recent state to pass legislation banning many forms of canned hunting 4 In 2007 a bill in the New York State Legislature to ban all canned hunting of certain exotic animals was defeated by legislative inaction 5 Criticism editA number of groups object to the practice of canned hunting for reasons such as cruelty to animals or that it takes away the hunting ethics known as fair chase The Humane Society of the United States HSUS criticizes canned hunting In a statement the HSUS called canned hunts cruel and brutal activities in which the hunted animal has absolutely no chance of escape It went on to say that animals have been psychologically conditioned to behave as a target by life in captivity among other objections 6 Some hunting groups especially those who focus on hunters ethics also object to canned hunting 7 These objections are on the grounds of fair chase the idea that an animal has a fair chance of escaping the hunter and it s not too easy for the hunter to kill the animal It is believed that canned hunts remove these elements Hunting groups such as the Pope and Young Club and the Boone and Crockett Club do not accept animals killed in canned hunts for inclusion in their record books Boone and Crockett Club refers to the activity as a canned shoot as they claim that there is no hunting involved 8 Safari Club International no longer accepts animals killed in canned hunts for inclusion in its record books and award categories In 2014 62 cities representing every inhabited continent participated in the first ever global march against canned hunting organized by the Campaign Against Canned Hunting 9 In the news editIn 1997 the Journalist Roger Cook exposes the evils of canned hunting in an edition of The Cook Report entitled Making a Killing In 2005 internet hunting became a major news story when a man in Texas set up a webcam and remotely controlled gun to allow hunters to shoot from their computers According to the Humane Society most internet hunts involve game ranches where animals are kept penned making them essentially canned hunts 10 On August 15 2006 Troy Gentry half of the country music singing duo Montgomery Gentry appeared in federal court in Duluth Minnesota charged with canned hunting Federal prosecutors allege that Gentry bought a bear named Cubby from Lee Marvin Greenly shot the tame bear while it was in an enclosed pen tagged the bear as if it had been killed in the wild and then arranged for the editing of a videotape of the alleged wild kill 11 Gentry and Greenly were said to face a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison and a 20 000 fine if convicted On November 27 2006 Gentry pleaded guilty to a charge of falsely tagging the bear Under the plea agreement he agreed to pay a 15 000 fine give up hunting fishing and trapping in Minnesota for 5 years and forfeit both the stuffed bear and the bow used to shoot the animal in 2004 Gentry posted a statement on the duo s website on November 9 2010 apologizing for his actions A lesser known incident occurred in late 2003 two years prior to the infamous hunting accident when then Vice President Dick Cheney participated in a canned hunt at the Rolling Rock Club in Ligonier Township Pennsylvania Cheney and nine companions killed 417 out of 500 ringneck pheasants of which the Vice President killed 70 and an unknown number of mallard ducks 12 In 2006 the South African Minister of Environmental Affairs Marthinus van Schalkwyk announced new laws to stop the practise of canned hunting in his country 13 The South African Environment Minister announced long awaited restrictions on lion hunting declaring he was sickened by wealthy tourists shooting tamed lions from the back of a truck and felling rhinos with a bow and arrow This comes in response to the imbroglio created over the potential canned hunt of the African rhinoceros Baixinha citation needed Dismissing threats of legal action by the hunting industry Marthinus Van Schalkwyk said the new law would ban canned hunting of big predators and rhinos in small enclosures that offer them no means of escape In addition lions bred in captivity would have to be released into the open for at least two years before they could be hunted Van Schalkwyk said a previously proposed six month delay would not give lions enough time to develop self defence instincts Hunting should be about fair chase testing the wits of a hunter against that of the animal he told a press conference Over the years that got eroded and now we are trying to re establish that principle 14 This measure was later overturned 15 In May 2007 a much reported hunting trip involved the killing of a 1 051 lb 477 kg pet pig in an alleged canned hunt The pig was named Monster Pig by the media and was thought to be a feral hog but it was soon discovered that the pig previously named Fred had been someone s pet and was then sold to a hunting facility only a brief time before he was killed On May 3 paying customers Mike Stone and his 11 year old son Jamison hunted the pig in a 150 acre 0 61 km2 fenced enclosure Jamison shot Fred a total of eight times over a period of three hours 16 A June 2007 story on CNN detailed canned hunting in South Africa and includes a video of a canned lion hunt where the animal is shot against a fence 17 On November 30 2014 CBS s 60 Minutes broadcast a story The Lion Whisperer about one man s sanctuary in South Africa for 26 lions raised in captivity which he rescued from the fate of canned lion hunting 18 In November 2015 the Professional Hunters Association of South Africa PHASA voted to disassociate itself from the practice of canned lion hunting in South Africa Unless the conservation value of canned lion hunting is demonstrated to PHASA the organization will remain against the practice and under penalty of expulsion no PHASA members will be permitted to participate in canned lion hunts 19 In November 2017 PHASA came under fire over the body s reversal of its 2015 policy against the hunting of captive bred lions See also editTurkey shoot Big game hunting Cruelty to animals Hunting Hunting licenseReferences edit Rebirding Rewilding Britain and its birds Benedict Macdonald 2019 Pelagic Publishing p 171 Canned hunt Definition with Canned hunt Pictures and Photos Lexic us Retrieved April 11 2018 Canned Hunting Christinabush com Retrieved April 11 2018 http www hsus org Archived November 16 2015 at the Wayback Machine The Humane Society of the United States Benjamin Klein Bill to ban canned hunts falls prey to the legislative clock Archived February 24 2015 at the Wayback Machine Legislative Gazette June 25 2007 Canned Hunts Issues Facing Wildlife Humane Society of the United States Archived from the original on June 16 2006 Retrieved August 4 2006 Canned Hunts Unfair at Any Price Animal Legal amp Historical Center www animallaw info Boone and Crockett Club Position Statement Boone and Crockett Club Archived from the original on September 18 2015 Retrieved September 29 2015 Your African Safari Campaign against canned hunting in South Africa interview with Chris Mercer Humane Society Wildlife Abuse Campaign Fact sheet on Internet Hunting Archived from the original on October 28 2008 Country star accused of illegally killing tame bear Archived from the original on August 21 2006 Retrieved August 16 2006 Cheney faces heat for canned hunt Today com Jeannette Walls with Ashley Pearson December 18 2003 December 10 2003 Huntersouthafrica supports Dart safaris Archived from the original on October 23 2006 Retrieved October 22 2006 Nullis Clare February 22 2007 South Africa bans hunting caged lions Archived from the original on April 1 2012 Retrieved October 26 2011 South Africa Resumes Canned Hunting Eight Shots Three Hours One Death The Story of a Canned Hunt Archived from the original on June 6 2007 Retrieved June 1 2007 CNN Shooting Lions in South Africa Cnn com June 8 2007 Retrieved April 11 2018 Clarissa Ward November 30 2014 The lion whisperer CBS News Retrieved April 11 2018 PHASA Distances Itself From Captive Bred Lion Hunting External links editCanned Lion Hunting Video Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Canned hunt amp oldid 1193479187, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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