Last night, America’s #1 rated TV drama, CSI, exposed the brutality of canned hunting -- the killing of fenced-in animals who have no chance of escape, for the sole purpose of obtaining a trophy. In the show, the opportunists who created their own makeshift canned hunt in Nevada, where these operations are illegal, were brought to justice.

Yet in reality, nearly 1,000 legal canned hunting operations exist in the United States, with no end in sight. As the graphic video at right shows, canned hunts are anything but fiction; they are a very real nightmare for animals.

But there is something that you can do now to help put an end to this despicable practice.

1. Contact your U.S. senators today and ask them to co-sponsor the Sportsmanship in Hunting Act, which will halt the interstate traffic of exotic animals for the purpose of killing or injuring them for entertainment or trophy collecting. Click here to contact your senators today.

2. Then, spread the word. The more people who know about this issue and take action, the closer we will come to STOPPING canned hunting. Click here to tell five friends to take action, and learn more.

3. Support the campaign. We are up against a well-funded industry that won’t stop killing animals unless forced to by law. Your contribution today will be used immediately to fight for the tough laws needed to shut canned hunts down. Click here to make your contribution.

We hope you'll join us in the fight against canned hunting. Thank you for all you do on behalf of animals every day.

Sincerely,

Wayne A. Pacelle
President & CEO, Humane Society of the United States

P.S. Learn more about canned hunting by visiting: www.StopCannedHunts.org

Neither CSI nor CBS has approved or endorses this message. All views expressed herein are those of The HSUS.