The World’s First Hunting Accident

Published June 11, 2007 by PETA Staff. Last Updated September 12, 2017.

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OK, so it’s no secret how I feel about hunting.

But I just couldn’t resist this one. It seems that from the start, hunters have had trouble not shooting each other with their weapons . . . could it be that this was the world’s first hunting accident?

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