{"id":756777,"date":"2019-04-13T08:49:05","date_gmt":"2019-04-13T12:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=756777"},"modified":"2019-04-13T08:49:05","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T12:49:05","slug":"thats-entertainment-park-in-china-offers-live-chickens-as-targets-for-slingshot-enthusiasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=756777","title":{"rendered":"THAT&#8217;S ENTERTAINMENT: Park in China Offers Live Chickens as Targets For Slingshot Enthusiasts"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>A woman filming the video asks a man holding a chicken, 'Is this cruel or not?' 'This!' a man in a black shirt shouts at first in the video, clenching the chicken by its wings. 'It\u2019s entertainment'.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">DANIEL HOLL: <em>&#8216;Customers at a park in mainland China can fire metal slingshot balls at live chickens as a new form of entertainment, according to multiple reports from Chinese media sites on March 29. The park, located in Henan Province, offers the chickens to slingshot enthusiasts for free if the shooter hits the chicken in the head. If they only hit the chicken, and don\u2019t kill it, they must pay $15&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Reports said that the park has encouraged many slingshot enthusiasts to congregate there. \u201cIf you hit its head with one shot and kill it, you take it home for free.\u201d the boss said. \u201cIf you hit and don\u2019t kill it, then you have to pay 100 yuan [$15].\u201d The boss said that whether or not the shooters kill the chicken, they\u2019ll still take the bird home&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The group of onlookers cheers as a man in a wine-colored coat shoots a chicken. \u201cThat\u2019s a spot-on headshot,\u201d one of the individuals offscreen could be heard saying in the video. The chicken flails around wildly on the ground, flapping its wings and stumbling through the grass. The next scene shows a similar killing by a man in a red shirt and black vest shoots a chicken. The chicken was standing near a cage full of chickens&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>It\u2019s kind of gruesome\u201d female guest said in the video with a laugh. \u201cFrightening&#8221;&#8230; A woman filming the video asks a man holding a chicken, \u201cIs this cruel or not?\u201d \u201cThis!\u201d a man in a black shirt shouts at first in the video, clenching the chicken by its wings. \u201cIt\u2019s entertainment&#8221;&#8230; China, in recent history, has done very poorly on animal rights. China\u2019s recent increase in wealth has led to even worse treatment of animals internally and abroad&#8217;.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/park-offers-live-chickens-as-targets-for-slingshot-enthusiasts-video_2864273.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nRELATED VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wUy9wggOBto\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DANIEL HOLL: &#8216;Customers at a park in mainland China can fire metal slingshot balls at live chickens as a new form of entertainment, according to multiple reports from Chinese media sites on March 29. 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