CANDYWOOD UPDATE | Upset golf course will be replaced by 'killing field'

VIENNA — A dozen or so people attending the Vienna Township trustees meeting that followed the protest over the proposed captive animal hunting preserve at the former Candywood Golf course spoke to the trustees about it.

Most expressed concern for the safety of people living nearby but also for the loss of the beautiful golf course to be replaced with a "slaughter house" or "killing field."

In the first indication of the size of the opposition to the hunting preserve being planned for the former golf course on Scoville North Road, about 100 people turned out for a rally.

The protesters are holding signs reading "killing for profits" and "dying for a pathetic person's ego."

They are outside of the Vienna Township hall, where the trustees will have their regular meeting at 7 p.m.

A group of about eight men are positioned on the opposite side of the parking area from the protesters, talking to reporters and standing by their own sign that supports the preserve.

Todd Williams of Fowler says says he thinks its wrong for people to protest hunting and killing animals animals for meat when most of them probably eat meat from the supermarket.

A couple of the men in the hunting group also said they think concerns about neighbors being endangered by stray bullets is misplaced because such hunts are closely monitored by guides and are typically done from in a tree stand, meaning they are shooting down, not horizontally.