Pigeon Shoots are cruel

This stamp is against the pigeon shoots, that are done for fun and the entertainment of people.
The reason behind making this stamp is because I am surprised how many people aren't aware of this game, I am pretty sure that this so called "game" is also very insulting for hunters around the world, but it bothers me how one animal organization is doing so much work to try and get the attention of the media, and so on, so I felt like spreading this as well.
If you have no issue with these pigeon shoots, then don't even consider leaving a comment!

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What is "pigeon shoots " ?
-It's a game were a huge amount if pigeons are shot for the entertainment for the shooter, the pigeons are either thrown in the air by people, or more common, they fly out of boxes to be shot( also tower shoots aexist ). This sport is cruel, and many pigeons suffer, not only that, the people shooting them have no respect for the animal itself.

=> www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDbN36… / www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn0fb4… (content is graphic)
As the link shows, a video of how a pigeon shoot looks like, these animals are being shot, and worse is the way they are treated...
-Often they flap of injured, drowning in water, or dying slowly when they managed to escape.
-On the filed the people who pick up the living pigeons, often drop them on a pile without finishing the life of still living pigeons.
-On the filed they are often kicked at, thrown at the ground, treated badly.

(more videos can be found on the Shark Youtube account. )
=> www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVm4tC…
=> www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozbZaQ…
=> www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFN3Pj…
=> www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk6NzJ…
=> www.youtube.com/watch?v=32xz63…
=> www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_yybp…
=> www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLu4Px…
=> www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GKJfh…
=> www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C24it…

What do we learn here ? The pigeon shooters, are extremely abusive towards the animals, but also extremely aggressive towards the protesters which can be seen in many videos featured on the shark youtube page, they have shown to torment the protesters by holding up a still living pigeon and speaking for it, like plz save me, which is just sadistic, playing with a dead animal is sick none the less. But they have also showed a lot of corruption, and laws broken by this so called "game"

The reason I made a stamp about this, is because whenever I mention it, so many people aren't aware of it, not to mention that I myself hadn't heard of this sport since a few months ago. Pigeons are not vermin, and pigeons are just as much word as any other animal, they don't deserve such a cruel death.  I personally like pigeons, have rescued one myself in the past, they are also very intelligent birds, or smarter than people make them to be, this type of shooting should be banned.

How to possibly help ?
-contact the Pennsylvania goverment
-www.facebook.com/jiminhofe/pos… you can also leave a comment at this guy fb, and tell him what you think of his support towards pigeon shooting.


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