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Points to Make When Communicating with Legislators and Editors about Captive Hunts


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It's best that you use your own words when writing or calling your federal and state legislators in support of captive hunt bans, or writing a letter to the editor of your local newspaper in order to get the word out. Here are some talking points to get you started:

1. Captive hunts are inhumane and brutal activities. Shooting an animal who has no chance of escape due to physical confinement or behavioral conditioning is not sport-it's slaughter.

2. Captive hunts occur in confined areas from which an animal has absolutely no chance of escape. Regardless of the nature of the barrier or the size of the enclosure, there is no fair chase in a captive hunt.

3. Animals used in captive hunting are not only confined, they may also have been conditioned to behave like targets by a life in captivity. By setting up baiting stations where feed or water are regularly delivered to animals, or bottle-rearing infants, captive hunt operators train their game animals to believe that humans are not a threat.

4. Captive hunts provide private breeders, animal dealers, auctions, and disreputable zoos with a ready outlet for surplus animals, and financial motivation to continue breeding animals. The business of captive hunts is simply the provision of living targets to pay-for-slaughter shooting ranges.

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