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The [Pennsylvania] state House Judiciary Committee today moved to outlaw "computer-assisted hunting,'' also known as "Internet hunting.'' The high-tech practice lets computer users in, say, Pennsylvania, pay a fee and log onto a Web site in Texas. Computer users can shoot captive animals on a fenced-in game ranch simply by clicking a mouse. Touching a computer in Pennsylvania fires a rifle on the game farm and the shooter can see on his computer whether he hit the animal.
Has anyone here heard of this before? How sick is this to shoot a captive animal on a whim by remote control? I am a strong advocate of hunting, but this isn't hunting--this is just wanton killing. |