Are animal-right activists going too far?

[coryjd]

ORLANDO, Fla. -- PGA Tour player Tripp Isenhour was charged with killing a hawk on purpose with a golf shot because it was making noise as he videotaped a TV show.

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http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=3279958

Is this really deserving of 14 months in jail (maximum penalty)??

[nehemiah]

**** him.

[deconstruction]

ORLANDO, Fla. -- PGA Tour player Tripp Isenhour was charged with killing a hawk on purpose with a golf shot because it was making noise as he videotaped a TV show.

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http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=3279958

Is this really deserving of 14 months in jail (maximum penalty)??

Why did he have to be such a dick?

[coryjd]

Him or the bird? :)

[ckg68]

The answer to your question,short and sweet: Yes.

Tripp's alleged act doesn't even compare to that of,say,Randy Johnson and the bird that flew in during a spring training game a few years ago. (You know,the one where a bird flew into the path of one of Randy's pitches and was basically obliterated on the spot.) For that matter,you can't even compare it to Dave Winfield and the time a warm up toss drilled a seagull back when the Blue Jays were playing at Exhibition Stadium.(Though Winfield did face legal action for that act.)

Those were accidental. Tripp's was not.

[nehemiah]

don't do the crime if you can't do the time.

[chickie]

holy shit - it took this guy 6 shots to hit the Hawk 75yds away! That is an amazing shot! He must have been one hell of a golfer!

[Scary Good]

First off, what kinda douchebag goes by tripp? Secondly, **** him.

[ckg68]

As Ozzie Guillen would say,"Psshh! Please."

There's a reason why Tripp's on the Nationwide Tour. He's not good enough to hang with the PGAers.

If dude was on the PGA Tour,he wouldn't have taken 6 shots(ALLEGEDLY)to kill the bird. He'd have taken one. Two at the most.

(Joking/sarcasm mode off.)

[coryjd]

holy shit - it took this guy 6 shots to hit the Hawk 75yds away! That is an amazing shot! He must have been one hell of a golfer!

No kidding. If this hawk would have seen Tiger Woods squaring up for the shot, he would have taken off like a fat kid in dodge ball!

[itsMILLERTIME30]

"I want to let everyone know there was neither any malice nor deliberate intent whatsoever to hit or harm the hawk. I was trying to simply scare it into flying away."

^Bullshit.

Don't drop the soap, Tripp.

[chickie]

No kidding. If this hawk would have seen Tiger Woods squaring up for the shot, he would have taken off like a fat kid in dodge ball!

HAHAHAHAHA! No shit! But then again NOTHING distracts Tiger from making the shot.

What he did was wrong, and he is going to have to suffer the consequences for his actions, but what a shot.

Sucks cuz all he was trying to do was scare the Hawk away.....

[Carl J. Ironsides]

First off, what kinda douchebag goes by tripp?

This kind of douchebag: :ppp:

Anyway, throw the book at this ass.

[uppy]

The Hawk should have taken the hint.....and shut the **** up after the first few shots.

Great shot Mr.Isenhour,I wish I could hit a bird at that range !!

[TigerJ]

If he adopted three cats from the animal shelter, and he lets them outside, he should be hanged. Pet cats who are allowed outside are probably the biggest cause of death among small birds. In parks where there are cats, the bird population is half what it is in public parks where there are no cats. Disclaimer: while the information about cats is factual (as per a visit I made to the local Audobon Society) I don't really believe cat owners who let their cats outside should be prosecuted.

On a serious note, while I think Isenhour should be prosecuted, I think 14 days in the slammer is idiotic. I think a fine would be appropriate. The question I would ask is, "Is it likely that a jail term will make Isenhour less likely to go around killing innocent hawks?" The answer IMO is a resounding "NO!" Therefore, it is a waste of taxpayer dollars to put him in jail. A $5,000 fine would make him think twice, could be donated to the Audobon Society, and might save a hawk or two.

[uppy]

while I think Isenhour should be prosecuted

:rofl:

For what ?

He hit some balls in the direction of the bird and got lucky.

Guess what the birds life means nothing.

Its just a bird

[Riley_Mason]

The answer to your question,short and sweet: Yes.

Tripp's alleged act doesn't even compare to that of,say,Randy Johnson and the bird that flew in during a spring training game a few years ago. (You know,the one where a bird flew into the path of one of Randy's pitches and was basically obliterated on the spot.) For that matter,you can't even compare it to Dave Winfield and the time a warm up toss drilled a seagull back when the Blue Jays were playing at Exhibition Stadium.(Though Winfield did face legal action for that act.)

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[chickie]

:rofl:

For what ?

He hit some balls in the direction of the bird and got lucky.

Guess what the birds life means nothing.

Its just a bird

so the next time you come to Florida and I decide to hit some balls in your direction and one hits you upside your head and causes a concusion you won't press charges will you?

A life is a life no matter how small the life is! Damn you!

[uppy]

so the next time you come to Florida and I decide to hit some balls in your direction and one hits you upside your head and causes a concusion you won't press charges will you?

A life is a life no matter how small the life is! Damn you!

It's a date my dear!

[SabreBill30]

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LoL, the catcher and the batter splitting.

[TigerJ]

:rofl:

For what ?

He hit some balls in the direction of the bird and got lucky.

Guess what the birds life means nothing.

Its just a bird

I think there's a law against it. I think there's a term we have for people who willfully disregard laws just because they don't like them.

[uppy]

I think there's a law against it. I think there's a term we have for people who willfully disregard laws just because they don't like them.

There is a law agianst hitting a golf ball in the direction
of a bird ?

Na-this Guy got a Birdie

[chickie]

There is a law agianst hitting a golf ball in the direction
of a bird ?

Na-this Guy got a Birdie

You are a very bad man and one day you are going to have to answer for this!

[uppy]

You are a very bad man and one day you are going to have to answer for this!

Did the birdy lose some furniture if not I think I'll
be OK.........:arizona:

[TigerJ]

There is a law agianst hitting a golf ball in the direction
of a bird ?

Na-this Guy got a Birdie

When you keep doing it until you hit the hawk, and you a professional golfer whose accuracy is a good bit better than mine, and the bird is a protected species, yeah, I'm pretty sure there's a law against it.

[pmoon6]

When you keep doing it until you hit the hawk, and you a professional golfer whose accuracy is a good bit better than mine, and the bird is a protected species, yeah, I'm pretty sure there's a law against it.Hawks are protected. They are essential to keeping the rodent population under control.

[TRIPLE P]

This guy is on the nationwide tour....

Buy a ticket (they're cheap) and heckle him when he comes to town... yell in his backswing, protest and cuase general disruption during the tourney... the tour will take the hint, he won't be invited back, and he'll be out of a job for being an idiot.

[pmoon6]

This guy is on the nationwide tour....

Buy a ticket (they're cheap) and heckle him when he comes to town... yell in his backswing, protest and cuase general disruption during the tourney... the tour will take the hint, he won't be invited back, and he'll be out of a job for being an idiot.How about I just go and sit in a tree and let him hit golf balls at me.

It would be interesting to see if he can hit me and knock me out before I can hit him with my own projectile.:D

[TRIPLE P]

How about I just go and sit in a tree and let him hit golf balls at me.

It would be interesting to see if he can hit me and knock me out before I can hit him with my own projectile.:D

Four!

Seriously though... if this story outrages you it would be very easy to let the golfer and the tour know how you feel.... protesting at a golf tourney would be pretty easy.

Also, how is it that the same people are always on the shitty side of every arguement?

[FamousAmos]

There's a squirrel that comes back to my front yard every spring.

And he has a habit of heclking my cat, making this obnoxious cackle everytime my cat goes near him.

Last summer, I was reading a book outside, on a day off, taking in the sun, and that damn squirrel started up again. So I started tossing acorns at the son of a bitch.

He was a black squirrel.

I didn't hit him though, be he did go away!

[uppy]

When you keep doing it until you hit the hawk, and you a professional golfer whose accuracy is a good bit better than mine, and the bird is a protected species, yeah, I'm pretty sure there's a law against it.

The bird should have flown away it stayed and payed

the price....lol

Tiger its not a big deal its just a bird