South Carolina Only State that Bans Capturing Marine Mammals for Display
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MARCH 7, 2010
The law has been around since 1962 and it's the legacy of an albino dolphin named Snowball. Tags: captivity dolphin south carolina marine animals.
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Record-breaking eagles? nests, coastal Georgia, and a wicked sunburn
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Then the EIS (environmental impact statement – a document required by federal law) hit the press. There were Atlantic bottlenose dolphins frolicking in the water, and eagles perching in the pines! A decade or so earlier, a corporation purchased Little Tybee and Cabbage Island for phosphorite mining.
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