Canned Lion Hunting Is Cruel: An Activist Spotlight

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.care2.com/causes/animal-welfare/blog/canned-lion-hunting-is-cruel-activist-spotlight/

On a canned hunt, animals, such as lions, are either placed in an enclosed space or bred specially to be hunted. Canned hunting serves as a major source of foreign revenue for the hunting industry -- making it hard to convince government officials to end the practice many consider unethical and cruel.



One petition author, Ula, felt compelled to take action:

"I had one of two choices really: I could continue to mourn this atrocity, which is cloaked in the name of sport in South Africa, or I could do something about it."

"Concerning the Canned Lion Hunting issue, I believe it is unspeakably cruel to hunt an animal, that in many cases, has been raised to trust humans, and to do the hunting in a confined space where the animals have no way of escaping. It really can't even be called hunting."

Ula recently witnessed the power of another petition first hand:

"In July, I started a petition to stop rhino poaching in South Africa and it was possibly coincidental, but a few months after delivering the petition with 3,506 signatures from around the world, a massive poaching ring was uncovered in South Africa."

One major challenge is the fact that canned hunting is currently legal in South Africa. But together, Care2 member signatures from all around the world can help show the Ministry of Environmental Affairs, Ms Buyelwa Sonjica, that you are serious about putting an end to this practice.

The petition author has strong hopes for the petition and will not give up.

"My greatest aim with this petition is to change the view of the South African government on canned hunting. It must be declared illegal. They make big money from this trade, so it is not going to be easy, but it is the right thing to do."

If you believe canned lion hunting is cruel, sign this petition today!

[tabatha]

1. Here is someone else who has a blog

about what is going on with Rhinos.

http://www.rhinoconservation.org/


"In July, I started a petition to stop rhino poaching in South Africa and it was possibly coincidental, but a few months after delivering the petition with 3,506 signatures from around the world, a massive poaching ring was uncovered in South Africa."

I don't think that had anything to do with the petition - there are many people trying to get to the bottom of the Rhino poaching. Prior to the ‘Groenewald gang’ indictments in October, another gang, George Fletcher et al, was uncovered earlier this year.

It is shameful. The people in these gangs are by no means impoverished.

[Omaha Steve]

5. One photo (5th one down) was particularly distrubing

Warning. It is very graphic.

Is there a current petition page?

[tabatha]

9. Here

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/save-rhino-from-being-sold-to-hunters/

and Ula's
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-rhino-poaching-in-south-africa/

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/rhinoceros-butchering-must-end-through-education/

Yes, that photo was sickening. In one of the reports, one of the hunters stated that after killing mothers, the calves would hang around, not knowing what to do, so they shot them too.

I really don't understand the mentality or greed.

[cliffordu]

2. Canned hunting of any type is miserable cowardice.

Chickenshit men too infantile to learn to fucking hunt in an environment where your prey might kill your ass.

I think people who don't need to EAT WHAT THEY KILL should be made to hunt in packs with spears.

Do it like real men, goddammit.

[joeybee12]

3. I want to breed lions with opposable thumbs...

then arm them to the teeth.

[virgogal]

8. + 1-------This kind of thing drives me NUTS.

[flvegan]

4. Canned "hunting" as we know, is reserved for douchebag shitwits.

[glitch]

11. Like Cheney and Schwartzkopf, proud canned "hunters". nt

[littlewolf]

6. some day I would like to go on a photo hunt ...

THAT would be awesome ....
course I would want my guide to have a rifle
and not a nikon ... but for me ... I would love
to go and shoot photos ...
and I hunt and kill animals ... and I would love to do a photo hunt ...

[bklyncowgirl]

7. Unless the lion has a good chance of having YOU for dinner it ain't hunting.

Might as well go to a zoo and shoot into a cage. If any of these rich analports were actually injured by a lion they were trying to kill in an "enclosure" I'm sure they would sue the operators for all they're worth.

I have respect for real hunters who go out there with the real animals and use there skills to put food on the table or in the case of the local people in Africa try and protect their families and livestock. I have no respect for this sort of mockery.

[felix_numinous]

10. How many are there left in the wild-

a couple hundred? I signed the petition, thanks for posting.

[raven42]

12. I signed the petition

This really is despicable. Astounding how cruel and sadistic the human species can be at times. And all in the name of "sport."