When is an act of cruelty to animals not considered a crime?
When it’s committed in the name of sport.
“Injuring or killing any animal, outside of its permitted hunting season, is a crime.”
That quote was from Putnam County SPCA Chief Ken Ross, in response to the shooting of a Canada goose by a man annoyed that geese leave their droppings in an area where human children might play. The entire quote read: “In New York State, all animals are protected under cruelty statutes. Injuring or killing any animal, outside of its permitted hunting season, is a crime” (my emphasis added).
Clearly, even in a state as progressive as New York, “sportsmen” like hunters, fishers and trappers are given a free pass to get away with the crime of animal cruelty. At the risk of undermining the few laws currently in existence protecting non-humans, it’s time to recognize the tradition of hunting as nothing more than legalized cruelty to animals.
Text and Wildlife Photography ©Jim Robertson, 2013. All Rights Reserved
Exposing the Big Game 
I’d like to start hunting hunters. I doubt I would feel any remorse taking their lives.
Another great post.
Thanks again
Hi Jim, I’d like to email you a picture of a collage I did called Wolf Hunt. Is there a way you can contact me (through the contact info connected to my reply) and give me an email address for you? I’ve looked for an email address for you and can’t find one. If not, no problem.
Here ya go:
exposingthebiggame@gmail.com
Thanks for passing that on to her, Maureen. And Beth, I look forward to seeing your collage.
Thank you both!! 🙂
What this guy did to deer got him convicted for cruelty to animals, but what hounders do is legal:
http://animalconnectionac.wordpress.com/2013/05/16/blyth-man-took-pictures-of-his-dogs-killing-a-deer/
Another case of moral schizophrenia.
Reblogged this on Carinas space.
I have said this for years. This is why I don’t get excited when I see things like “animal cruelty is now a felony in all 50 states!” going around on Facebook. This ONLY refers to illegal cruelty (primarily to dogs and cats) — legal cruelty is still permitted (and encouraged) in the form of hunting, trapping, animal agriculture, vivisection, circuses, wild horse roundups, and countless others. I always make sure to emphasize that ALL animal cruelty is wrong — whether legal or not — and an awful lot of it IS legal. Unfortunately, people rarely recognize this, nor do they give it a second thought.