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returntothepit >> discuss >> Another case of animal cruelty-Pro golfer kills hawk for making noise. by zyklon on Mar 7,2008 12:24am
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toggletoggle post by zyklon at Mar 7,2008 12:24am
ORLANDO, Fla. 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.



toggletoggle post by infect sli sli sli at Mar 7,2008 3:27am
zyklon said[orig][quote]
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.


what if he had done the same thing to a crying baby? does the discrepancy in sentencing make sense to anyone else? cuz it sure doesn't to me.

zyklon said[orig][quote]
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.


hmmmmm, heres a thought; perhaps the same fundamental stupidity in our society that leads us to worship a bunch of idiots running around after balls is the same sort of collective mental deficiency that allows us to accept the destruction of acres of wilderness so that rich assholes who nickname themselves "tripp" can have enough room to smack their tiny white balls around (symbolism?) and chase after them in little carts wasting more energy so that these precious "athletes" (emphasis on the quotation marks) won't get too tired.
and now, if all this weren't enough, theyre killing majestic birds of prey for nothing more than slightly interfering with their stupid, stupid, games.
fucking golfers should be thrown in the ovens
this news makes me want to puke



toggletoggle post by largefreakatzero at Mar 7,2008 8:36am
I agree, golf is the gayest thing ever. Haha -- killing a hawk is a federal offense -- that fag is fucked. Predatory birds are cool as shit, killing one on purpose is the most pussy thing ever.



toggletoggle post by DestroyYouAlot  at Mar 7,2008 8:57am
Yeah, I LOLed when they called golfers athletes.

Oh, also disembowel this guy with an egg beater.



toggletoggle post by aril at Mar 7,2008 9:03am
golfers are by no means "athletes;" they play a game.
but, i don't have golf like some of you above. i hate watching it... but playing it? it's fun. as far as rich people playing it... yea, they do. but that's not how it is everywhere.
the same could be said for tennis? why do rich people have tennis courts in their neighborhoods?



toggletoggle post by aril at Mar 7,2008 9:03am
err, hate* instead of have



toggletoggle post by soloman_nli at Mar 7,2008 9:09am
meh.



toggletoggle post by Yeti at Mar 7,2008 10:33am
son of a bitch scumbag pile of shit. what a fucking asshole. i fucking love birds. where's Uncle Buck to fire back when you need him?



toggletoggle post by SacNLI at Mar 7,2008 11:51am
maybe i'll start driving golf balls toward him saying "i'll get him now"



toggletoggle post by thuringwethil at Mar 7,2008 12:04pm edited Mar 7,2008 12:05pm
"Have you ever watched Golf on TV? It's like watching flies fuck . . .

I get more excited picking out socks . . .

think of the brain it takes to play Golf: hitting a ball with a crooked stick and then . . .

walking after it, AND THEN . . .

HITTING IT AGAIN! I say you're lucky you found it, ASSHOLE PUT IT IN YOUR POCKET AND GO THE FUCK HOME, WILL YA?!?"

-- George Carlin. THE MAN.



toggletoggle post by SacNLI at Mar 7,2008 12:11pm
"Golf is a good walk spoiled"



toggletoggle post by infect sli sli sli at Mar 7,2008 12:25pm
aril said[orig][quote]
golfers are by no means "athletes;" they play a game.
but, i don't have golf like some of you above. i hate watching it... but playing it? it's fun. as far as rich people playing it... yea, they do. but that's not how it is everywhere.
the same could be said for tennis? why do rich people have tennis courts in their neighborhoods?


i like to hit balls with clubs as much as the next guy, preferably into picture windows of suburban homes, however, my main beef with golf (before this article came to my attention) was that all those innumerable acres of land that could be used for more productive purposes (i.e. ANYTHING ELSE) get landscaped over so these rich assholes can play their stupid game. not to mention the massive amounts of water wasted to water all that grass, and the fertilizers and other chemicals leaching into the groundwater so these beautiful people will not be offended by crabgrass...ugh



toggletoggle post by dreadkill  at Mar 7,2008 12:35pm
when i first heard about this the other day, i thought the guy hit the hawk by accident, then i found out it was on purpose. what a dick. i love birds. regardless of whether it was a bird or a rat or any animal, this guy is a douchebag.



toggletoggle post by Yeti at Mar 7,2008 1:29pm
fuck brids.



toggletoggle post by aril at Mar 7,2008 1:36pm
birds of prey are pretty sweet.
I hope those hawks pull a Zelda on his ass and attack him in the masses like the chickens. if you don't know what i'm talking about, shame on you!



toggletoggle post by xmikex at Mar 7,2008 1:58pm
Man this makes me so mad. Just look at that smug bastard.



toggletoggle post by DestroyYouAlot  at Mar 7,2008 2:17pm
"I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast!"



toggletoggle post by Yeti at Mar 7,2008 3:14pm
you eat pieces of shit for breakfast?



toggletoggle post by Yeti at Mar 7,2008 3:14pm
i hope that the rest of the hawks call in the Rocs. then he'll be fucked.



toggletoggle post by Yeti at Mar 7,2008 3:29pm
there was an article earlier about him apologizing for it. fuck you you scumbag, you did it on purpose, you knew what the fuck you were doing, be a man and own up to it.



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