FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Tuesday, December 9, 1997
CONTACT:
The Fund for Animals, (518) 478-9760, fund4animals@fund.org
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Today, Mary Tyler Moore sent a letter asking Sheldon Silver, Speaker of the New York State Assembly, to end the sadistic business of canned shoots in the State. She decries the bloody practice, writing, "During the last session, the Assembly passed a bill which would have banned some practices used in canned hunts. However, it was limited to canned hunts of certain animals which take place on ten acres or less and therefore did not fully ban these hunts. Speaker Silver, let's go for the gold and ban these bloody canned hunts completely, without regard to species or size. This activity is as sporting as shooting puppies and kitties in a pet store."
Canned hunts take place in enclosed areas where hunters pay a fee to shoot captive animals, often with a guaranteed "No Kill, No Pay" policy. Many times the victims are surplus zoo or circus animals. Because the animals are used for trophies, a shot to the head producing a quick kill is avoided and the terrified animal is, instead, placed in agony, riddled with arrows or bullets in other parts of the body, resulting in a long and tortuous death.
