You may have my ‘Oregon Trail’ — but you’ll pry ‘Carmen Sandiego’ from my cold, dead hands

There’s an article in today’s Inquirer about Pennsylvania’s animal welfare lobby, a small group of activists who fight for animal rights interests. Their adversaries are things like hunting and fishing industries.

Despite their small budget and even smaller lobbying power — no animal rights activist is taking Joe Lawmaker out for dinner — the Inky says they have enjoyed some recent victories.

Like, for example, this bill:

Despite the odds, the animal lobby has racked up a string of victories, with the passage of more than a dozen bills benefiting wild animals and pets. In October, the legislature passed a bill banning so-called Internet hunting - in which people from the comfort of their homes use computers to trigger weapons that fire at animals many miles away.

This isn’t good. Now everyone’s going to have to choose the banker since they’ll have to buy food (since they can’t hunt). Then they won’t have money to hire an Indian guide to help them cross the river and little John will die of dysentery.

Animal activists get Harrisburg’s ear [Inky]
Oregon Trail [ClassicGaming.com]