Where
Violence
Begins
Violence
Begins
Hunting and Fishing
"Deliberate cruelty to our defenseless and beautiful little cousins is surely one of the meanest and most detestable vices of which a human being can be guilty." --William Ralph Inge
NY Lawmakers to Consider Reinstating Snare-Type Traps, Previously Outlawed as Both Ineffective and Inhumane
Bizarro On Trophy Hunting
Ricky Gervais Takes a Shot at Hunters
35,000 Elephants Killed Yearly for Tusks: U.S. Needs Tighter Ban on Ivory
When Police Refuse to Enforce Fox Hunting Ban, Hunt Saboteurs Take Action
Rhino Survives Brutal Dehorning by Poachers
Edita Birnkrant, Friends of Animals, on Hunting Contests: "We Want an End to Hunters Invading the Woods and Blasting Away at Wildlife and Then Being Rewarded For It"
Gray Wolf Travels More Than 500 Miles from Wyoming, Then Gets Shot by Hunter in Utah
Rhino Horn Trafficking Surges Out of Control
In Spite of Its Link to Chronic Wasting Disease, Deer Farming for Hunters Has Grown Rapidly Around the Country
Minnesota Hunter Shoots, Kills Family Pet
Michigan Voters Reject Wolf Hunts
$6250 Reward Offered in Hollister, CA Shooting of Great Blue Heron
Though Consumption of Animal Products is Known to be Both Unhealthy and Unethical, NRA Pushes to Enshrine Hunting and Fishing as Constitutional Rights
Pennsylvania State House Fails to Vote on Bill to Ban Pigeon Shoots
Pennsylvania Senate Votes Overwhelmingly to End Live Pigeon Shoots
Maine is the Only State that Allows Bear Hunting with Dogs, Bait, and Traps, But a Referendum Backed by HSUS Challenges These Brutalities
Worried About Diminishing Tolerance for Their Sadistic Sport, Mississippi Hunters Seek Constitutional Right to Kill
$5000 Reward Offered in Shooting of Seven Pelicans at Lovewell Reservoir
Fish Are Not the Only Victims of Fishing Gear
Wildlife Viewers, Kayakers, Campers, Birdwatchers, Hikers, and Wildlife Photographers Outnumber Maine "Sportsmen" by 5-to-1 Yet Wildlife Decisions Are Made By the State's Hunting Lobby
Rod Coronado and the Yellowstone Wolf Patrol Use Video to Track Montana Wolf Hunters
European Union, US, Australia, Brazil, Israel, New Zealand, Mexico, and Monaco Call On Iceland to End Commercial Whaling
Rep. Peter DeFazio Introduces Legislation to Curb Illegal Ivory Trafficking Which Killed 40,000 Elephants in 2013 Alone While Funding Terrorists and Organized Crime
Wildlife Traps Are Indiscriminate, Catching Anything That Triggers Them, Whether Rabbits, Birds, Mountain Lions, or Domestic Pets, Often Resulting in a Gruesome Ordeal of Mutilation, Starvation and Death
Badger Baiters Train Dogs to Kill By Setting Them on Fox Cubs and Other Small Animals
Winning the Case Against a Coyote Killing Contest
Rising Fur Prices Bring Jump in Inadvertent Trapping of Nontargeted Animals in Idaho, Including Dogs, Cats, Rabbits, Squirrels, and Skunks
Captive Deer Hunting Industry, Linked to Spread of Disease, Hires PR Hacks to Fight Preventative Legislation
Texas Tech Cheerleader and Animal Serial Killer Kendall Jones Leaves Trails of Blood Throughout Africa
Pennsylvania Senate Committee Says Pigeon Shoots are Animal Cruelty
Fish and Fish Oil Are Not Health Foods
NRA Lobbies in Support of Pennsylvania Live Pigeon Shoots, a Perverted Spectacle in Which Thousands of Birds Are Killed and Little Boys Twist Off the Heads of the Wounded
Captive Deer Industry: Wealthy Celebrities, CEOs, Country Music Stars, Football Players Pay Large Sums to Shoot Deer in Killing Pens
"Extreme Huntress" Proves the Celebration of Animal Death in the Service of Human Ego is Not for Men Only
Sadistic Hunter Calls Hunting Dogs to Attack Wounded Coyote
Philadelphia Gun Club Sues SHARK and its Staff for Protesting Pigeon Shoots
Bob Barker On Pennsylvania's Shame
Hunters Speak Out in Their Own Illiterate Words
WTO Upholds Seal Products Ban on Moral Grounds
European Union Proposes to Ban All Use of Drift Nets, Which Indiscriminately Trap and Kill Thousands of Marine Animals
Missouri Deer Breeders (Yes These Operations Actually Breed Deer for Hunting) Fret Over the Cost of New Regulations to Control Chronic Wasting Disease
There Are No Words to Describe the Cruelty of Trapping Yet We Allow Hunters and Trappers, a Small Minority of the Population, to Render Us Completely Powerless
Fishing and Sadism: "Though Not So Good for Eating ... Shad are Popular with Fishermen Because They Put Up Such a Good Fight, Anglers Said"
The Seeds of Ruthlessness Planted While Hunting with his Father Turned Jeffrey Dahmer into a Sadist Who Would Claim 17 Lives
It's Time to Outlaw Wildlife Killing Contests
34 Countries Have Banned Imported Seal Products, Effectively Shutting Down International Markets, but the Canadian Seal Hunt Still Limps Along on Government Subsidies
Rhino Poaching Crisis in South Africa Threatens to Drive the Species into Extinction
U.S. Temporarily Bans Import of Elephant Trophies from Tanzania and Zimbabwe Where Elephant Populations Are in Catastrophic Decline and U.S. Hunters Outnumber Those from Any Other Nation
Every Year Thousands of Marine Mammals Drown in Abandoned Fishing Gear. Here's One Who Survived Thanks to a Family's Intervention
Combining Animal Abuse with Child Abuse, the "Crow Down" is a Hunting Contest Where Both Adults and Children Slaughter as Many Crows as They Can in Two Days
Bottlenose Dolphin Caught in Fishing Line Approaches Scuba Diver for Help
Incompetence, Cowardice Prevail as Mendocino County, CA, Board Caves In to Animal Abusers
Usual Crowd of Brain-Dead Bullies Aims to Reinstate Illegal Use of Hounds to Hunt Bears and Bobcats for Sport in California
Spanish Hunters: Cruelty Beyond Belief (Warning: Ghastly Photos)
Hunter Rides Wounded Deer Like a Sled; Contact Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment or the RCMP if You Can Help Identify this Person
For Every Animal a Hunter Kills and Recovers, He Wounds at Least Two Others who Die Slowly and Painfully
Fish Feel Pain
Dallas Safari Club Plans to Auction a Hunting License for an African Black Rhino, Already Highly Endangered due to Hunting and Poaching
TV's Hardcore Huntress Melissa Bachman Guns Down African Wildlife for Sport
55% of All Animals Hit by Bow Hunters Die a Slow, Lingering Death
Hunting for Euphemisms: How We Trick Ourselves to Excuse Killing
NRA Gun Lobbyist Tony Makris Shoots Elephant in Face on NBC Sports
PETA Plans "Payback" Billboard after Elk Hunter is Gored
In Another Trademark Puff Piece for Local Animal Abusers, the Santa Rosa, CA, Press Democrat Hypes Bow Hunters for "Thinning the Herds" when Humans, not Deer or Pigs, are the Most Invasive, Overpopulated and Environmentally Destructive Species on Earth
Tuolumne County D.A. and California Attorney General Urged to Prosecute Hunter whose Illegal Campfire Caused the State's Third Largest Wildfire, Killing and Maiming Millions of Animals
Hunter Causes One of Largest Wildfires in California History (the Largest, in 2003, was Also Caused by a Hunter)
Pennsylvania Authorities Ignore Massive, Illegal Four-Day Live Pigeon Shoot at Wing Pointe Canned Hunt Club in Berks County
Florida Judge Terry Terrell Sentences Multiple Animal Abuser Roger Legrande Kervin to Only 90 Days and Probation Despite Prior Conviction for Animal Baiting and Fighting
Since Dogfighting is a Felony throughout the U.S., Why are Penning, Chasing, and Pack Hunting of Wildlife Still Legal?
Costa Rica Bans all Sport Hunting, Botswana Outlaws Trophy Hunting on Public Lands, Zambia Bans Hunting of Leopards and Lions
Parallels Between Trophy Hunting and Serial Killing
NRA Board Member and Infamous Animal Abuser Ted Nugent Claims He'll be "Dead or in Jail" if Obama Wins Reelection but, Regrettably, is Neither
In Another Case Highlighting the USDA Wildlife Service's Culture of Disregard for Animals, Federal Trapper Russell Files Admits Setting Steel-Jawed Leghold Traps to Capture Neighbor's Dog, Found Covered in Blood and Missing 17 Teeth
Connoisseurs of Death: Hunter Rick Bass and Book Reviewer Michal Strutin Savor the Joys of Bloodletting
Tell AFAR Magazine to Stop Glorifying Fur Trapping
Bow Hunters Myles Ehret and William Francis Draw Felony Charges (and Outrage from Warren, MI Mayor Jim Fouts) for Illegally Killing Tame Deer
Young Buck Seen Walking near Summerfield Road in Santa Rosa, CA, with Crossbow Arrow Through its Face: If Spotted, Please Email flyingdogs@
earthlink.net
Rather than Shoot Animals with Guns, Hunter Decides to Shoot Animal Abusers with Cameras
Jackson Landers Hunts Invasive Species for Fun and Profit but Neglects the Most Invasive of All--Personified by Landers Himself and Stephanie Klose, Reviewer of His Book [Click and Scroll Down]
Each Year in Virginia, Thousands of Foxes are Trapped and Placed in Pens Where They are Maimed and Killed for Sport by Hunting Dogs
Evil Incarnate: Fox Hunting, Hare Coursing and Dig-Outs
Over 40% of Fisheries Have Crashed or Are Overfished, Destroying Ecosystems While Causing Horrific Animal Abuse
Franklin dela Cruz Teaches Teenagers to Torture a Pig with Dogs and Gets Off with Misdemeanor $200 Fine
California Legislature Sends Animal Protection Bills to Gov. Brown
Moratorium on Trophy Hunters' Use of Radio Equipped Hound Dogs to Chase Bears and Bobcats for Miles Until They Are Exhausted or Cornered Passes California Assembly Committee
Like Sarah Palin, Lili Raff McCaulou Proves That With Just a Rifle and Some Suitably Unarmed Victims, Women Can Be Ignorant Bullies Too!
Sorry, Abuse Is Not OK Because It's "Traditional"
Convicted of Animal Cruelty in Grisly Killing of Bobcat, Corey Robinson Challenges Constitutionality of State's Cruelty Statute
Randall Carl Found Guilty in Same Incident
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, DA Refuses to Prosecute Pigeon Killers and Maimers
Stupidity on Steroids: Amidst a Profusion of Vegetables, Grains, Nuts and Fruits, "Mindful Carnivore" Tovar Cerulli Seeks Sustenance in Bloodshed and Cholesterol
Priest Blesses Senseless Slaughter
Ted Nugent Takes Plea Deal in Bear Killing
California Fish & Game Chief Circumvents State Law for Canned Hunt