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Besoekers tot datum: 5400 Press Release - Canned bow hunt condemned by CHASA
26-Apr-2013 25 April 2013
In a statement this morning, CHASA condemned the practice of so called, canned hunting, as depicted in the You-tube video that recently appeared on the Internet under the name of “Lion Hunt with Bow”. From the video it is clear that the animal was hunted from a vehicle in a small enclosure. The young animal was clearly accustomed to human contact and appeared to be in a playful and unafraid state. CHASA condemns the actions of the bow hunter and any other involved parties in the strongest possible terms and reaffirms our stance that true hunting should be conducted in congruence with our long standing policy on fair chase where the wild quarry is offered a reasonable chance of escape. Fair Chase is further defined as the pursuit of a free ranging animal or enclosed ranging animal possessed of the natural and behavioural inclination to escape from the hunter and be fully free to do so. A recreationally hunted animal should exist as a naturally interacting individual of a wild sustainable population, located in an area that meets both the spatial (territory and home range) and temporal (food, breeding and basic needs) requirements of the population of which that individual is a member. Conducting this “canned” hunt from the safety of a vehicle, is to our mind cowardly and cannot be condoned. Actions as depicted in this video, is in direct contradiction of our code of conduct.
CHASA will seek to identify the person/s involved and should they appear to be in any way affiliated to our organisation, a full investigation with the view to proceeding with appropriate disciplinary steps will follow.
CHASA veroordeel geblikte boogjag
CHASA het vanoggend in ‘n verklaring hom ten sterkste uitgespreek teen die sogenaamde geblikte boogjag wat onlangs op die Internet onder die titel, “Lion Hunt with Bow”, verskyn het.
Uit die beeldmateriaal is dit duidelik dat die jag in ‘n klein kampie, vanuit die veiligheid van ‘n voertuig plaasgevind het. Die jong dier was duidelik gewoond aan menslike kontak en het spelerig en onbevrees voorgekom. CHASA wil onomwonde, die gedrag van die jagter en enige ander betrokkenes, veroordeel en bevestig weereens dat ware jag slegs beoefen moet word op ‘n etiese wyse waar die wilde dier ‘n billike kans op onsnapping het, in ooreenstemming met ons beleid oor billike agtervolging. Billike agtervolging word gedefinieer as die agtervolging van ‘n vrylopende wilde dier of ‘n wilde dier wat ten spyte van ‘n omheining, die natuurlike en gedragsgeneigdheid openbaar om te ontsnap van die jagter en waar die geleentheid bestaan om dit wel te doen. Die vereiste is ‘n natuurlike interaksie van individue binne ‘n volhoubare bevolking wat voorkom in ‘n area waar beide die ruimtelike en noodsaaklike voedings- en voortplantingsbehoeftes aan voldoen word. Om hierdie jag uit die veiligheid van ‘n voertuig te doen, is na ons mening lafhartig en word in die sterkste moontlike terme, veroordeel. Die gedrag wat hier uitgebeeld word, is lynreg strydig met ons Gedragskode.
CHASA sal alles in sy vermoë doen om die persoon of persone betrokke, aan die kaak te stel en indien dit blyk dat hulle op enige wyse, aan ons geaffilieerd is, sal ‘n volledige ondersoek geloots word waarna geskikte disiplinêre stappe geneem sal word. S. Palos