Hunting Show Too ‘Politically Incorrect’ For Canadian TV

 http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2015/07/05/hunting-show-too-politically-incorrect-for-canadian-tv/

Ammoland recently published a story on the Beaseley brothers’ hunting show Canada in the Rough, which airs in 27 countries but can’t find a television station or broadcaster willing to air it in Canada.

According to Ammoland, Canada In The Rough “ran on Global TV for eight years until the day Keith Beasley received a telephone call from a Global network executive telling him that the network would no longer sell him airtime for Canada in the Rough.”

And Keith Beasley claims the reason behind the cancellation is simple: “Canada in the Rough shows hunting and firearms ownership in a positive light.”

The Beasley brothers said:

It had nothing to do with ratings, and it had nothing to do with what we were. It had everything to do with our content. Our content was guns and hunting. And just like that, the Canadian hunting landscape changed on a dime, and we’ve never recovered from it.

Ammoland paraphrased the Global TV rationale: “Hunting is politically incorrect [and the network no longer] had the courage to continue televising this Canadian outdoor heritage activity.”

So, programs that show hunting as a conservation and subsistence practice, which are the things hunting ultimately boils down to, cannot be shown, even in a country where people travel from all over the world to hunt.

Why? Because political correctness dictates it.

3 thoughts on “Hunting Show Too ‘Politically Incorrect’ For Canadian TV

  1. Without denying that hunters can and do contribute cash for real conservation, hunting itself is not a conservation tool, as can be seen by the huge range of species who prosper without being hunted, not to mention those that did just fine before the “sport” of hunting came on the scene. As well, it’s not sustainable…that’s why it is so greatly restricted and regulated. Before that,even with a fraction of the current human population size, species after species even here in North America was being hunted to endangerment or extinction. Good grief, if the number of animals currently eaten were all wild, most “game” species would be extinct…what if instead of something like 80 billion chickens it was 80 billion ducks, geese, swans, pheasants, grouse, doves…well…speaking of the latter, don’t forget the Passenger Pigeon, our most abundant bird extinct by the time protection started to kick in. If people enjoy going out and killing animals, be honest about it; say so, and more normal people will judge you accordingly, but don’t go inventing rationales.

  2. I sometimes think political correctness has gone to far, but in this case I’m glad it won out! Maybe this is some indication that running around the woods and killing animals for is starting to lose its appeal. There have been too many hunting shows on as it is. Great news!

  3. Whether hunters want to believe it or not, most people find it barbaric and distasteful to watch them enjoying their blood lust. When the world has lost 50% of it’s wildlife in just 40 years, it’s impossible to believe their claims of “conservation”. They obviously haven’t done a very good job of it. I wouldn’t consider caring about our future “politically correct” and find it abhorrent that our government allows people from all over the world to come here and hunt our valuable wildlife. Instead of banning it like other countries have done, we just don’t publicize it as much as in the USA but Canada does a poor job of regulating hunting and often engages in government sanctioned massacres of wildlife. Some peoples idea of “sport” is simply an enjoyment of killing which they try to avoid admitting by using outdated rhetoric that is impossible to swallow.

Leave a comment