2008 Woodie Awards
Hunting from the safety of home:
A sickening website allows people to kill wild animals from anywhere
Dominique Dumadaug
Issue date: 4/15/05 Section: Opinion
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Point, click, you just shot your target! Live-Shot.com is a disturbing website where hunters and hillbillies can go to shoot at real targets from the safety and convenience of their own homes.
On this website, the client is able to control a camera and firearm and fire 10 .22 caliber rounds at paper and silhouette targets in a secluded ranch in the Texas hills with his computer. Wow! What will the innovators who brought this website to life think of next...maybe the chance to shoot at real live animals?
That's right! According to the website, they are working to put perimeter fencing around a part of the ranch to keep hogs, sheep, and antelope confined and within range of the computer-controlled guns.
It's sad enough that some people stalk animals in their surroundings and kill them just for fun, but to keep animals in a secluded area solely for the purpose of being killed by someone on a computer is downright revolting.
What kind of sick person came up with this idea? This website is going to attract the wrong kind of people if it hasn't already, the twisted people who think shooting at objects and animals is a fun way to pass the time, the disgusting people who like to make other living beings suffer for fun, and other despicable figures in this world; the possibilities of all these people being able to log onto this website just to shoot at innocent, unknowing animals is scary.
How does a website like this get started? How does it get approved? There should be restrictions to what people can do with websites; shooting at real targets with real guns and killing harmless animals shouldn't be allowed.
It's horrible that a website like this was ever made. It's frightening how many people will actually log on to try to kill these beautiful creatures. It's a sick, sad world. What other hideously evil idea will come to life on the Internet next?
On this website, the client is able to control a camera and firearm and fire 10 .22 caliber rounds at paper and silhouette targets in a secluded ranch in the Texas hills with his computer. Wow! What will the innovators who brought this website to life think of next...maybe the chance to shoot at real live animals?
That's right! According to the website, they are working to put perimeter fencing around a part of the ranch to keep hogs, sheep, and antelope confined and within range of the computer-controlled guns.
It's sad enough that some people stalk animals in their surroundings and kill them just for fun, but to keep animals in a secluded area solely for the purpose of being killed by someone on a computer is downright revolting.
What kind of sick person came up with this idea? This website is going to attract the wrong kind of people if it hasn't already, the twisted people who think shooting at objects and animals is a fun way to pass the time, the disgusting people who like to make other living beings suffer for fun, and other despicable figures in this world; the possibilities of all these people being able to log onto this website just to shoot at innocent, unknowing animals is scary.
How does a website like this get started? How does it get approved? There should be restrictions to what people can do with websites; shooting at real targets with real guns and killing harmless animals shouldn't be allowed.
It's horrible that a website like this was ever made. It's frightening how many people will actually log on to try to kill these beautiful creatures. It's a sick, sad world. What other hideously evil idea will come to life on the Internet next?