Post by Woody Williams on Jul 12, 2006 18:09:18 GMT -5
NABC Rejects "Hunting" Contest
NABC Press Release Contact: Dennis R. Ballard Phone: (573)696-3230
NORTH AMERICAN BOWHUNTING COALITION REJECTS "HUNTING" CONTEST
The World Hunting Association has announced that it has developed a "non-fatal" hunting technique that would be utilized in televised captive big game "hunting" competitions. This proposal has generated a firestorm of criticism from the nation's hunters.
Among the leading critics is the North American Bowhunting Coalition (NABC) that represents more than 80 state and provincial-level bowhunting associations.
According to WHA publicity releases, competitors called "professional hunters" would compete with one another for prize money by "hunting" deer and other animals that were confined in escape-proof enclosures with gun or bow. Drug laden projectiles, darts from guns or arrows from bows, would tranquilize the animal upon being hit and, thus, would be scored as a "kill".
"The shooting of game animals within high fenced enclosures is a questionable practice in its own right," said Denny Ballard, Chairman of the NABC. "Adding drug-tipped projectiles to the process and the public spectacle of "hunters" gloating over the paralyzed body of a deer would do irreparable harm to ethical hunting. It is contrary to why we hunt. Hunting is a time honored tradition and should not be a competition between humans."
Most hunters, the NABC feels, abide by fair chase hunting rules as their guide. Wild game animals respectfully hunted are the products of natural selection as the result of sportsmen-supported conservation programs.
The NABC is strongly opposed to the tranquilizing of captive game animals, as though it were hunting, and to the World Hunting Association's intent to conduct televised captive game animal competitive "hunts" for monetary prizes. This entire concept is an affront to the fair chase standards accepted by today's hunters.
NABC Press Release Contact: Dennis R. Ballard Phone: (573)696-3230
NORTH AMERICAN BOWHUNTING COALITION REJECTS "HUNTING" CONTEST
The World Hunting Association has announced that it has developed a "non-fatal" hunting technique that would be utilized in televised captive big game "hunting" competitions. This proposal has generated a firestorm of criticism from the nation's hunters.
Among the leading critics is the North American Bowhunting Coalition (NABC) that represents more than 80 state and provincial-level bowhunting associations.
According to WHA publicity releases, competitors called "professional hunters" would compete with one another for prize money by "hunting" deer and other animals that were confined in escape-proof enclosures with gun or bow. Drug laden projectiles, darts from guns or arrows from bows, would tranquilize the animal upon being hit and, thus, would be scored as a "kill".
"The shooting of game animals within high fenced enclosures is a questionable practice in its own right," said Denny Ballard, Chairman of the NABC. "Adding drug-tipped projectiles to the process and the public spectacle of "hunters" gloating over the paralyzed body of a deer would do irreparable harm to ethical hunting. It is contrary to why we hunt. Hunting is a time honored tradition and should not be a competition between humans."
Most hunters, the NABC feels, abide by fair chase hunting rules as their guide. Wild game animals respectfully hunted are the products of natural selection as the result of sportsmen-supported conservation programs.
The NABC is strongly opposed to the tranquilizing of captive game animals, as though it were hunting, and to the World Hunting Association's intent to conduct televised captive game animal competitive "hunts" for monetary prizes. This entire concept is an affront to the fair chase standards accepted by today's hunters.
