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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. Hunters say the exercise popular in the state's hilly northwestern corner helps them train their dogs on what to do when they come across a bear during a hunt.

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Machi the Whimbrel Gunned Down by Hunters

10,000 Birds

This is a bird that flew over 3,400 miles in one flight from Brazil to South Carolina, an amazing bird that is representative of every other Whimbrel. And though the satellite transmitter let Machi be tracked it did not protect it from the hunters’ guns. Let’s make Machi’s death mean something!

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Sarah Palin Secretary of Energy or the Interior?

10,000 Birds

Now South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham is floating Ted Cruz to fill the SCOTUS vacancy. Many have strongly opposed oil and gas drilling because of the impacts to wildlife, land and subsistence hunters while some have pushed for expanded drilling. That’s a debate that we are going to have.” ” Really?

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