South Africa to End 'Canned Hunting'

[Eugene]

South Africa to End 'Canned Hunting'

By CLARE NULLIS
The Associated Press
Tuesday, May 2, 2006; 7:29 PM

CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- South Africa proposed new laws Tuesday that would end
the "canned hunting" of wildlife bred in captivity to be shot in closed reserves
by wealthy tourists.

Breeding threatened or endangered large predators such as cheetahs, lions or leopards
for any type of hunting would be forbidden. Also banned would be all hunting that causes
unnecessary suffering, such as the use of bows and arrows on large animals
that can take hours or days to die.

"The days of captive breeding of listed species for any purposes except science and
conservation are over," Environment Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said.

The new laws would "close the loopholes that have allowed environmental thugs
to get away with immoral activities like canned hunting," he said.

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Full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/02/AR2006050201115.html

[Odin2005]

1. Good for them.

As a hunter, I find canned "hunts" dispicable and dishonorable, it should be banned everywhere.

[phantom power]

2. It's nice to find the occasional island of sanity.

[eppur_se_muova]

3. Tough break for Darth Cheney and his buds. nt

[flvegan]

4. Excellent news, and a standard that should be adopted

by everyone.