Jerry Orbach, Star of 'Law and Order' Asks That Canned Shoots Be Outlawed In New York

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Jerry Orbach, Star of 'Law and Order' Asks That Canned Shoots Be Outlawed In New York

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, May. 30 -/E-Wire/-- Jerry Orbach, who plays the shrewd, wise-cracking detective "Lennie Briscoe" on NBC's popular weekly series "Law and

Order," has asked state legislative leaders for assistance in banning the cruel and

unsporting practice of canned shoots in New York. Mr. Orbach recently wrote to

Assemblyman Richard Brodsky (Westchester County), Chairman of the Assembly

Environmental Conservation Committee, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (Manhattan),

Senator Carl Marcellino (Long Island), Chairman of the Senate Environmental

Conservation Committee, and Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno (Rensselaer and

Saratoga Counties), asking them to support bills A1728 and S2576 to ban canned shoots.

At canned shoots, trophy hunters kill tame, captive animals on enclosed property,

paying large fees for guaranteed kills. Many of these animals are purchased from zoos

or game farms; they are familiar with people and may even amble over to lick the hand

of the shooter. Because the animals are sought as trophies, the hunter avoids a shot

to the head which would produce a quicker kill, and instead riddles the terrified

animal with bullets or arrows in other parts of the body, resulting in a long

Mr. Orbach noted in his letters that a canned shoot "is like shooting animals in a

zoo. Real hunters are disgusted by canned shoots. They should be outlawed regardless

of the size of the property or species of animal. Please put a lid on canned shoots."

Currently, canned shoots are banned only for non-native animals on facilities of ten

acres or less. However, canned shoots regularly cover several hundred acres at a

minimum. Whether on ten acres or thousands of acres, the shooter's "guide" finds the

animals easily trapped by the fence or in corners. In many situations, the animals

trot to the vehicles expecting to be fed as usual. The practice has been banned in at

Additionally, biologists have expressed grave concerns regarding the transmission of

disease from captive canned shoot animals to New York's free-roaming wildlife.

For more information, The Fund for Animals' report, "Canned Hunts: Unfair at Any

Price," is available at www.fund.org or by calling [REDACTED-PHONE]. Mr. Orbach's letter

and video footage documenting a New York canned shoot are also available upon request.

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