By Kitty Block and Sara Amundson

https://blog.humanesociety.org/2021/01/shooting-fish-in-a-barrel-u-s-canned-hunting-industry-offers-menus-of-rare-animals-for-a-thrill-kill.html?credit=blog_em_012921_id11969&utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=humanenation

January 29, 2021 0 Comments

At some canned hunting operations, animals are habituated to eating at feeding stations at regular intervals, and the shooter can lie in wait for them there for a guaranteed kill.Photo by the HSUS2.2KSHARES

The canned hunting industry is often associated with countries likeSouth Africa, where wealthy trophy hunters can pick out and shoot captive-bred lions in enclosures for a hefty price tag. It is, literally, the equivalent of shooting fish in a barrel, and it is a practice so shameful, many hunting groups disavow it.

But what is not as well known is that canned hunting is a thriving industry right here in the United States—one that results in cruel and unnecessary suffering and death for thousands of animals each year. Sadly, because of the indifference of some lawmakers who have failed to stop…