Where is “Sport” in Hunting?
In 2004 a country music singer Gentry, of the group Montgomery Gentry, killed a bear during a canned hunt. A canned hunt is the practice of confining “wild” animals in a relatively small space, and, for a hefty fee, allows “hunters” to hunt and kill them. Of course, the “wild” animals are often former circus or zoo animals that are tame, or privately bred animals that usually come up to a human expecting a treat or a hug, and instead are killed at point blank range. The “hunters” are often wealthy businessmen who are too terrified to try this in the wild but want to pretend that they did and have a trophy to prove it. It is one of the most inhumane, unjust, and despicable displays of cowardice and animal cruelty. There were illegalities associated with this event and Gentry and the owner of the property pleaded guilty in 2006 for those violations. (Canned hunts are legal in some states and not others.) SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK) sued the U.S. department of Fish and Wi
