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Apparently disgusting people like this.
http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/news?slug=ap-golfer-birdkilled&prov=ap&type=lgns
| Quote: | ORLANDO, Fla. (AP)—An animal rights group wants the PGA Tour to take action against player Tripp Isenhour, facing charges for hitting a hawk with a golf shot because it was making noise as he videotaped a TV show.
“Because of the high profile nature of this case, the PGA needs to take steps to address its interest and to make it clear that they don’t condone animal cruelty,” said Dale Bartlett, the Humane Society of the United States’ deputy manager for animal cruelty issues.
He said the organization would contact the PGA Tour on Friday to discuss the issue.
Isenhour was charged Wednesday with cruelty to animals and killing a migratory bird, misdemeanors that carry a maximum penalty of 14 months in jail and $1,500 in fines.
Isenhour, playing the Nationwide Tour this season after losing his PGA Tour card last year, apologized in a statement released Thursday and said he was only trying to scare the hawk away.
The 39-year-old player, whose real name is John Henry Isenhour III, became angry while filming “Shoot Like A Pro” on Dec. 12 at the Grand Cypress Golf Club—his home course—when a squawking red-shouldered hawk forced another take.
He got in his golf cart and drove closer to the bird, then 300 yards away, and starting hitting balls at it. The bird didn’t move and Isenhour gave up and drove away.
Isenhour started again when the hawk moved within about 75 yards, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer Brian Baine indicated in a report.
Isenhour allegedly said, “I’ll get him now,” and aimed for the hawk.
“About the sixth ball came very near the bird’s head, and (Isenhour) was very excited that it was so close,” Baine wrote.
A few shots later, witnesses said he hit the hawk. The bird, protected as a migratory species, fell to the ground bleeding from both nostrils.
“As soon as this happened, I was mortified and extremely upset and continue to be upset,” Isenhour said in a statement issued through his management company, SFX Golf. “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.”
Bartlett said Isenhour’s case, like the Michael Vick dog fighting case, is disappointing for society.
“We look up to professional athletes and we want them to reflect the best of us as a society and I think we’re appalled when it turns out they instead reflect some of the very worst attributes,” he said in a phone interview Thursday night.
Isenhour said he is an animal lover and his family has adopted three cats from a local shelter.
“We ask that everyone accept my sincerest apology, and please be respectful of my family’s privacy,” he said.
Isenhour has won four times on the Nationwide Tour, including twice in 2006. The former Georgia Tech star has played three events this year on the developmental circuit, the last a 36th-place tie two weeks ago in the Moonah Classic in Australia.
Jethro Senger, a sound engineer at the shoot, said hitting the bird was “basically like a joke to (Isenhour).”
“He just kept saying how he didn’t think he could have hit it, which I think is a stupid thing for a PGA Tour golfer to say,” Senger said. “He can put a ball in a hole from hundreds of yards away, and here he is hitting line drives at something that’s, I don’t know, a couple hundred feet away?”
Senger said no one in the roughly 15-person crew intervened, and many later regretted it.
“It was one of those cases where there’s some trepidation on whether or not they should speak up and do something,” Senger said.
Senger said the killing was not captured on video. The bird was buried at the golf course and later dug up by Florida investigators.
“Americans have no tolerance for cruelty to animals. Such a petty, mean spirited act against a wild bird is inexcusable and prosecutors are right to hold Isenhour accountable to the law,” Humane Society executive vice president Michael Markarian said in a statement released Thursday. |
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... the kilt had concealed a blaster strapped to one thigh and a knife to the other. He was aware of the present gentle customs against personal weapons, but he felt naked without them. Such customs were nonsense anyhow, foolishment from old women - there was no such thing as "dangerous weapons," only dangerous people.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:23 am |
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That's right. It's the big J.C. kickin' it on a dinosaur, on his way to the local Dairy Queen. |
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| Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:26 am |
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| Quote: | | “As soon as this happened, I was mortified and extremely upset and continue to be upset,” Isenhour said in a statement issued through his management company, SFX Golf. “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.” |
Bull shit! I was on the golfer's side at the start of the article thinking that hitting a bird was an accident and like hitting a hole in one. But the repeated attempts to hit the bird ... bull shit. He ought to be charged and punished. What an asshole! |
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| Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:28 am |
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Of course, the asshole in me would like to recommend the Filter song, "Hey man, nice shot".
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| Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:30 am |
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| 223fmj wrote: | | Of course, the asshole in me would like to recommend the Filter song, "Hey man, nice shot". |
Great song. I'd like to recommend it to the golfer. |
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| Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:36 am |
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Yeah, when I just read the headline I was like "Aw, this has got to be bullshit" but then I read the article.
What a turd of human being. There is no way shooting golf balls is going to scare a hawk. Unless you actually hit the hawk, they are going to pass by virtually silent and not really noticeable. He was at the very least criminally stupid, but more likely he meant to hit the hawk. He probably just didn't think he would actually kill it on the spot.
I do hope he gets charged and fined, and kept off the pro-circuit would seem just to me too. |
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... the kilt had concealed a blaster strapped to one thigh and a knife to the other. He was aware of the present gentle customs against personal weapons, but he felt naked without them. Such customs were nonsense anyhow, foolishment from old women - there was no such thing as "dangerous weapons," only dangerous people.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:48 am |
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| Intent may be hard to prove without bulletproof witnesses and/or a confession, but it wouldn't surprise me one bit to learn that he meant to hit it. Pro golfers are known for their egos and PRICKly demeanors. |
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| Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:22 am |
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Well he had an entire film crew around him at the time. Unfortunately they didn't catch it on video.
One of the sound guys said it very well I think. You have a pro golfer, guy who can put the ball in a tiny cup from hundreds of yards away, yet he doesn't think he can hit a hawk less than 100 feet away?
I think it would be like a sniper arguing he meant to "shoot to miss". |
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... the kilt had concealed a blaster strapped to one thigh and a knife to the other. He was aware of the present gentle customs against personal weapons, but he felt naked without them. Such customs were nonsense anyhow, foolishment from old women - there was no such thing as "dangerous weapons," only dangerous people.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:47 am |
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| Yaish wrote: | | I think it would be like a sniper arguing he meant to "shoot to miss". |
Maybe he was just trying to wing it?
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"Of course, the asshole in me would like to recommend the Filter song, "Hey man, nice shot". "
I may be stating the obvious, but I think that song was written with Bud Dwyer in mind. I think a politician that blew his head off during a conference which is video taped. You'd find it if you looked.
I think very appropriate. |
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| Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 1:01 am |
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| wrmd wrote: | "Of course, the asshole in me would like to recommend the Filter song, "Hey man, nice shot". "
I may be stating the obvious, but I think that song was written with Bud Dwyer in mind. I think a politician that blew his head off during a conference which is video taped. You'd find it if you looked.
I think very appropriate. |
EDITED to add- that is the dumbest looking smiley I have seen in a long time. |
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| Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:23 am |
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| wrmd wrote: | "Of course, the asshole in me would like to recommend the Filter song, "Hey man, nice shot". "
I may be stating the obvious, but I think that song was written with Bud Dwyer in mind. I think a politician that blew his head off during a conference which is video taped. You'd find it if you looked.
I think very appropriate. |
It was indeed (although I don't remember the name of the SF Counselman who fired "the shot") and that's why I said, "I'd like to recommend it to the golfer." |
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| Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:27 pm |
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Bud Dwyer was a Pittsburgh councilman, wasn't he? Shit, Google is my friend...
Anyway, restating the obvious is also fun- this golfer is a dick. |
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| Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:10 pm |
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| You're right. I knew it was a suicide on camera, but thought it was related to the assassination of SF Supervisor Harvey Milk & SF Mayor George Moscone. Guess I was wrong. I know that now because I Googled after 223fjm's post. Guess I should take the few seconds it takes to Google before posting. LOL. |
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| Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:20 am |
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| I hope he gets in trouble for this. |
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