#2419331 - 06/16/11 04:44 PM
Outlawing fenced exotic hunts
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WRbowhunter
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http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/jun/16/rep-steve-cohen-sponsors-bill-ban-captive-hunting/
Could this be the first step in outlawing hunting anything?
WASHINGTON – For a $3,950 trophy fee, plus daily guide charges, one Texas company advertising on the Internet lets people kill African zebras with rifles, bows and arrows or even hand guns.
A bill introduced today by U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., would ban the practice of captive hunting of exotic species in the 23 states that permit the practice. Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi place restrictions on some captive hunting, but Tennessee’s regulations are limited to exotic big cats, such as lions and tigers, and bears. Eleven states have complete bans on the practice of hunting fenced-in animals.
Tennessee has 22 big game captive hunting sites and the vast majority are for shooting wild boors, said Walter T. Cook, captive wildlife coordinator for the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. Zebras and African antelope would be legal to kill in the state, but Cook said he’s never heard of a zebra shot in Tennessee in 18 years and antelope killings are very rare. Sika elk, originally from Japan, have also been taken.
Tennessee currently has a moratorium on licensing any more big-game hunting preserves, said Steve Nifong, acting chief of enforcement with the TWRA.
Cohen maintains that captive hunting – hunting within fenced enclosures from which the animal target cannot escape – is not a sport and is “contrary to the principles of fair chase.”
The measure introduced today was co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Calif., who called such hunting “abhorrent and cruel.”
The Humane Society and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, among other groups, oppose captive – sometimes called “canned” – hunting.
An effort to ban captive hunting at the ballot box in North Dakota failed in 2008 when the initiative’s sponsors couldn’t get a the required number of petition signatures.
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#2419332 - 06/16/11 04:48 PM
Re: Outlawing fenced exotic hunts
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Don't they have a budget to fix first?
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#2419333 - 06/16/11 04:57 PM
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I find this strange. Just a short time ago, many on this forum were up in arms and all in favor of banning canned hunts. Personally, I think it is a great idea.
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#2419337 - 06/16/11 05:01 PM
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BuckWild
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I gots no problem with it either way...won't affect me. Other than Steve Cohen is a wiener head. Next time I see him in Schnucks, I'll check his basket for any meat products and kindly remind him that they didn't have a chance to escape either...
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#2419340 - 06/16/11 05:07 PM
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TAFKAP
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I don't have a problem with the states outlawing fenced hunts. The idiots in Congress should be doing somethign about the budget first....
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#2419344 - 06/16/11 05:13 PM
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wg24
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Just another instance of government trying to control peoples lives.
I don't agree with fenced hunting and do not do it. If someone else does then so be it. Let it be a personal choice.
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#2419352 - 06/16/11 05:29 PM
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WTM
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I find this strange. Just a short time ago, many on this forum were up in arms and all in favor of banning canned hunts. Personally, I think it is a great idea.
+1 wasnt someone on here complaining about the fallow deer that got out of someones pen?
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#2419386 - 06/16/11 06:14 PM
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Don't care either way. I don't but if someone else does, I don't really care. No real trophy hunters do the fenced in thing anyway. Every state has diffent hunting rules, regulations, seasons, etc. Leave it up to the states to decide.
But it looks to me like 2 power grabbing democrats just trying to regulate an area they have no personal interest in to begin with. Sure it's ok to kill human babies, just not fenced animals. Makes very little sense to me. JMHO though, nothing more.
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#2419400 - 06/16/11 06:42 PM
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utfan1
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boy i cant imagine a moron democrap would want to outlaw hunting? lol
you boys that vote dem or think just cause its a high fenced hunt it should be outlawed , better think twice cause next time the dems will be after all hunting.......
same with black rifles some folks think are so bad. you better defend the second amendment for all or be prepared to loose your grandpas .22.......
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#2419422 - 06/16/11 07:37 PM
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I find this strange. Just a short time ago, many on this forum were up in arms and all in favor of banning canned hunts. Personally, I think it is a great idea.
If Coen is behind it, it's hard to support. He always has an agenda. Might suggest we apologize to all animals killed in the last 150 years.
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