Animal hunting as a video game?

California is considering a law to ban what one state legislator calls "video target practice using live animals," the Associated Press reports. People in the state actually run "computer-assisted hunting sites." "It's a response to a Texas ranch that says it is setting up a system that would allow people to shoot at live game via the Internet," according to the AP. State Sen. Debra Bowen (D-Redondo Beach) called it "pay-per-view video game using live animals for target practice." Pro-hunting groups themselves are calling it unethical and unsporting. We can only hope that young Web surfers and gamers haven't found or used such "services," thinking they were legitimate or "just a game."