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Humane Society Puts Pressure on South Carolina's Bear Baying

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The training exercise called bear baying is intended to make the bears easier to shoot in the wild and it's only allowed in South Carolina. Animal rights advocates say it's cruel to the nearly defenseless bears and harms them psychologically. Statutes banning animal fighting have a specific exemption for dog training.

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Low pitched screaming sound from animal at 1 AM

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It did not sound human so I am wondering what type of animal it may be. I am in the upper part of South Carolina in a developed neighborhood with lots of woods behind us. I took my dog out last night around 1 AM and was frightened by this low pitch screaming sound coming from off in the distance.

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South Carolina Only State that Bans Capturing Marine Mammals for Display

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Tags: captivity dolphin south carolina marine animals.

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What kind of crab is this? Found on the beach in South Carolina.

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Thought the pattern on it looked super cool. What is it? submitted by /u/slshillcutt [link] [comments]

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My mom got bit by an insect and she has weird symptoms. (South Carolina, USA)

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She got bit on her foot by a bug of some kind. It’s a small, barely visible dot on her skin. It looks like there’s two right next to each other, but it doesn’t itch. It hurts around the bite area, and she occasionally gets a sharp stinging pain, and is slightly puffy. What did she get bit by?

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South Carolina County Encourages Citizens to Kill Beavers and Bring in Their Front Paws for Compensation

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submitted by /u/Kunphen [link] [comments].

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Man Kills Gull with Baseball Bat

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Louis Hoppmann III has been charged with animal cruelty after hitting a gull with a baseball bat on the aptly named Folly Beach in South Carolina. He claims he was just trying to scare the birds away from his food, but that sounds like a post-hoc explanation to me… a.

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