United Poultry Concerns
30 September 2010
Canned Pigeon Hunt Exposed on CNN Headline NEWS show TONIGHT
FreeAnimalVideo.org alerted UPC to the CNN TV Show that is highlighting a
pigeon shoot story tonight. HERE is the information:
TONIGHT: Animal Activist and Television Host Jane Velez-Mitchell will expose the
October 3 Pigeon Shoot in PA thanks to SHARK (SHowing Animals Respect and
Kindness http://www.sharkonline.org/).
Please set your recorders and share the news so that this segment earns great
ratings. Good ratings on these animal stories encourage places like CNN to do
more animal protection stories!
WATCH: Issues: With Jane Velez-Mitchell
http://edition.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/issues.with.jane/
Headline News Channel
7pm EST (4pm PST)
And be sure to give them positive feedback!
Send a positive message to CNN:
http://edition.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.html?106
If you know reporters that might be interested in carrying the story, there is
information below and FREE video (courtesy of Sharkonline.org) they can use
here:
http://freeanimalvideo.org/breaking-news
15,000 Domestic Birds to be Shot for Target Practice
Activists travel to Pennsylvania almost every week to attend the pigeon shoots
and document the event. They point out that Pennsylvania's Animal Cruelty Law,
Title 18, section 5511, prohibits a person from wantonly or cruelly
ill-treating or abusing any animal. The law also prohibits neglect,
abandonment, and deprivation of food, drink, shelter, or veterinary care.
Pigeon shoots violate every one of these prohibitions. All of the information
including videos can be downloaded below or at
http://PigeonShoots.com.
Pigeon shoots are competitions wherein hundreds to thousands of live birds are
shot at to win prizes. A typical 3-day shoot contest can kill and injure up to
15,000 birds. The next canned pigeon shoot event is scheduled for October 3,
2010.
The pigeons are captured and collected for weeks ahead of time, then released
from trap boxes only yards away from the so-called "sportsmen". The birds are
generally dazed and suffering from dehydration or starvation as they are sprung
out of the boxes.
Rather than mercifully being given a quick death, 70% of the birds are injured
when shot and either left to suffer slow deaths or collected and killed by
pigeon shoot "trapper boys" or "wringers", traditionally children, who break
their necks, step on them, tear off wings, suffocate them, or cut off their
heads with garden shears, among other abuses.
Pigeon shoots are nothing more than a vile excuse for entertainment for the
dull-witted or psychopathic. Illegal in other countries and in all but a couple
of American states, most people realize the despicable nature of these
bird-killing contests.
Activists vow to take the war against Pennsylvania's remaining live pigeon
shoots directly to the people, aided by a $1 million gift from former
television personality Bob Barker.
Legislation is pending in both the Pennsylvania House and Senate (H.B.
1411/S.B. 843) to ban the killing of animals launched for trap shoots or tied
in place for block shoots. Activists say: Vote YES on H.B. 1411/S.B. 843 to
stop live animal shoots.
About SHARK
SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK) is a non-profit organization
founded in 1993 by Steve Hindi. With a small core of volunteers and approved
humane investigators, SHARK battles tirelessly against bullfighting, pigeon
shoots, turkey shoots, canned hunts (and all hunting), rodeos, circuses, zoos,
and marine parksÂ… any issue that involves violation of the innate rights of
living creatures.
Contact: Steve Hindi President/Founder
Email:
info@sharkonline.org
Phone: 630-557-0176
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compassionate and respectful treatment of domestic fowl.
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