Fox Television Joins Movement to Ban Trapping

[LifeNRA]

Fox Television Joins Movement to Ban Trapping

(Columbus) - Fox Sports Net, which provides regional sports programming to 85 million households, has refused to cancel a gratis anti-trapping advertisement produced by the nation’s largest animal rights group.

News Corporation, the parent company of Fox Sports Net and other Fox Cable Networks, approved a 15-second anti-trapping commercial, produced by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), as a public service announcement. Fox Sports rejected a request by the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance, the nation’s leading sportsmen’s advocacy organization, to immediately pull the spot. The company will run the ad through the end of December at no cost to the anti's.

The advertisement features HSUS leader Wayne Pacelle and a second animal activist urging viewers to support trapping bans. To add to the sensationalism, the spot opens with a loud clank as a foot hold trap with teeth - a trap that has been banned throughout the country for decades - snaps shut.

A senior official for Fox told the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance that he and other associates had reviewed the ad and believe the content meets their criteria for public service announcements.

“This is not a public service announcement; it is a free political advertisement for a movement that wants to eliminate trapping, hunting and all other forms of animal use,” said U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance President Bud Pidgeon. “Hunters and anglers must understand that the Humane Society has repeatedly stated that a ban on trapping is merely a means of softening public sentiment to clear the way for a ban on all hunting and fishing. Hunters, trappers and anglers should generate a flood of complaints from friends, family and everyone they can reach out to.”

Trapping is recognized by every wildlife agency at the state and federal level as a viable and important conservation tool. It helps keep furbearer populations at healthy levels and is important in stemming the spread of wildlife diseases that threaten animals and humans.

The Humane Society of the United States opposes all animal use, including trapping, hunting and fishing. It has a multi-million dollar budget that it invests in legislative and ballot campaigns to ban trapping and hunting. It also has a legal arm to challenge sportsmen’s rights in court.

Sportsmen can make a difference in this fight. In 2002, Jeep raised the ire of sportsmen when it aired a blatantly, anti-hunting commercial called the “Deer Hunter.” After a flood of sportsmen contacts, Jeep pulled the commercial in three days.

Sportsmen nationwide should contact News Corporation and demand that the spot be cancelled. Let the company know that outdoorsmen object to the network acting as a mouthpiece for the animal rights movement. Explain that state wildlife professionals support trapping and see it as a necessary tool for managing furbearers. Inform News Corporation that trapping has proven to be a critical element in the comeback of waterfowl populations, and that managers see it as extremely important in protecting the public from outbreaks of diseases such as rabies.

Contact Rupert Murdoch, Chairman/CEO, News Corporation, 1211 Avenue of the Americas, 8th Floor, New York, NY, 10036. Phone (212) 852-7000. Fax (212) 852-7147.

Sample letters to News Corporation are available using the Legislative Action Center at www.ussportsmen.org.

The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance protects the rights of hunters, anglers and trappers in the courts, legislatures, at the ballot, in Congress and through public education programs. For more information about the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance and its work, call (614) 888-4868 or visit its website, www.ussportsmen.org.

[buckee]

Well, John,
I always figured Fox News was run by a bunch of strange people and air-heads, now I know.
I think I'll stick with CNN

[LifeNRA]

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Well, John,
I always figured Fox News was run by a bunch of strange people and air-heads, now I know.
I think I'll stick with CNN

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Yeah, but there even worst in my opinion!

[wtnhunt]

With any news channels there will be good and bad, dont think that airing the commercial makes the entire company an anti organization supporter, and unfortunately this type of thing from peta and hsus has come about before with other popular channels among outdoor enthusiasts. Think of all of the news channels out there Fox does however deliver the news the most accurately and with the least bias. Might be worth sending Fox a message to let them know what viewers think, although with the ad ending in a week, might be a moot point.

Few years back CMT was running an ad with a famous country singer for peta. After seeing the commercial get several plays, I posted about it here along with my message to CMT about what I thought of the commercial. I quit seeing the commercial shortly after that.

[doughboy1956]

Hate Fox and always did and now i know why, they are all in bed with PETA. This is the same station that paid OJ a lum sum of money to interview him about his book. That went under and so should they.

[Strut10]

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I think I'll stick with CNN

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The Commie News Network????????

Come on....................

[Adjam5]

Another cheap sensationalist news company
Why are we suprised The media takes EVERY chance they can get to take swings at gun owners and hunters. They don'e even have to tell the truth.

[harryjoe]

http://community.foxsports.com/blogs/harryjoe
I went and started a blog on there (fox sports) site. PLEASE go there and post a message. The more people that do the higher up the list it goes. The higher up the list, the more people will see it. I don't know much about hsus so if you do, please share.
You have to register with them to post. took me all of 3 min.

This Blog has been running for a couple of days. Is it working? Yes! It is working so good because fox pulled it from the most popular post! It has over 2x the posts as anyone else on there. Everytime it gets a new post, it gets moved back to the front page till they catch it.
It only takes a few min. to do.

[stevebeilgard]

got my post made. i'm tired of the faggot ridden hsus, and those who support it.