Country Music Star Troy Gentry’s Canned Hunt Video Released by Animal Rights Group

The animal rights group Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK) finally won a three year lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over the release of a videotape of country singer Troy Gentry participating in a canned hunt.

In 2004, Troy Gentry, of the band Montgomery Gentry, killed a tame bear named Cubby at the Minnesota Wildlife Connection, in Sandstone, MN owned by Lee Greenly.

Greenly used animals on his preserve for wildlife photography. Unfortunately, when Cubby developed dental problems, Greenly decided to sell Cubby to Gentry for $4,650, rather than pay for any additional expenses Cubby’s healthcare would incur.

Gentry proceeded to shoot Cubby with a bow and arrow from a baited tree stand inside of Cubby’s pen, a one-acre fenced enclosure with an electrified fence. Afterward he turned to the camera and said, “”We’ll let him lay there a little bit, make sure he bleeds out good. It has been a long hunt. Had two beautiful days.”

While Cubby, who had been hit in the lungs was drowning in his own blood, Gentry added, “Wow! What an experience. This is awesome.” All the while lying to the camera playing some delusional role to make himself out to be some manly sportsman conquering the wild.

In 2006, Gentry struck a deal and plead guilty to falsely registering a bear as wild. He was fined $15,000 and received three months of probation. He also had to hand over Cubby’s stuffed body and the bow he used to kill him. In exchange, charges that he violated the Lacey Act, which bans possessing or transporting illegally obtained wildlife, were dropped.

Greenly faced two felony charges of aiding hunters to illegally kill bears at baiting stations, which could have resulted in five years in prison for each count, a $400,000 fine and forfeiture of his all terrain vehicles. He plead guilty, but somehow got off with only probation.

The videotapes of the kill were finally released this week under the Freedom of Information Act.

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Janis T.

5:17PM PDT on May 4, 2011

To Love Life III: Exactly why can't we make our feelings and disgust known on their video site? CMT and the whole country music industry swept the whole thing under the carpet as quickly as possible, which is why I am going to keep posting his hateful bear killing video on twitter and facebook until I see some justice for this poor trusting bear. May Troy Gentry rot along with his bows and arrows.

send a green star

11:37AM PDT on Apr 12, 2011

I have not bought any music from this duo since Troy showed us that he is a cruel moron. I will never buy their music again and I have deleted their itunes songs from my computer and ipod. Anything that I had bought of theirs I've trashed, along with the CD's I had. They deserve to sink without a trace.

Carolann B.

6:46PM PST on Jan 12, 2011

I am really sick of people getting away with "probation" when they commit a federal offense to animals. Yet, they put you away if you have a marijuana joint or drugs on you? So, i guess the life of an animal is below that. Hopefully someday that will be different!

Lesa M.

11:54PM PST on Jan 10, 2011

That pretty boy seems a little confused about what a real man should be - self-confident, has integrity, is kind, is humble, and has compassion and respect for animals. It's bad enough when acts of cruelty occur, but to lie like these yahoos did is beyond disgraceful.

Teresa H.

8:14AM PST on Jan 10, 2011

Any person who participates or promotes this type of hunting like Palin are gutless, cruel, inhumane, "PUNKS". What sport is there in this ? Like this poor tame bear. How can anyone brag about baggin' an animal PERIOD, let alone in a chicken shit manner like this. What goes around comes around someday. These typeS of people will pay even if it is Judgement Day..

Love life l.

1:26AM PST on Jan 10, 2011

I wonder why you can't make any comments on their videos on youtube....

Delores S.

7:16PM PST on Jan 9, 2011

Shame on Lee Greenly and Troy Gentry! What kind of men are you? I have no respect for someone that can do this to an animal and than lie about it. What a disgrace!!!

moggy w.

6:42PM PST on Jan 9, 2011

Money can buy you anything. What's a $15000 fine to a wealthy performer. AS another reader wrote, if he wants to "hunt" why doesnt he go to Afghanistan and hunt people that hunt back?

Past Member .

5:15PM PST on Jan 9, 2011

how dare you. disgusting. NOTHING ON EARTH BELONGS TO MAN!

Lise G.

2:06PM PST on Jan 9, 2011

Troy Gentry is a gutless week bastard and where does this kind of sickness stop? Week humans or children?
He should have been punished a lot more severe.