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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. And while South Carolina's attorney general says animal cruelty laws prohibit bear baying, he hasn't prosecuted any cases. State law on the issue is murky.

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Cockfighting Rings Busted in South Carolina

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Tags: cockfighting blood sport south carolina. They've charged three dozen people in one of the largest cockfighting busts in years.

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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. The law has been around since 1962 and it's the legacy of an albino dolphin named Snowball.

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Man Convicted of Illegally Trafficking Live Deer

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He was transporting them across state lines from Ohio to a hunting preserve in South Carolina. Tags: wildlife crime wildlife trafficking ohio south carolina Lacey Act deer. The deer were not tested for disease. He was sentenced to 21 months in prison. I hope he serves the whole term.

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Clemson Researcher Investigates Impacts of Cages on Laying Hens

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In South Carolina egg sales tally about $90 million annually. Tags: battery hens eggs USDA farm animal welfare us agribusiness. Nearly 95 percent of the 90 billion table eggs produced in the United States come from high-density cage systems. The value of all egg production in 2007 was $6.68

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Animals as Raw Material

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At Clemson University, such products are being tested at the South Carolina school's Animal Co-Products Research & Education Center, says center Director Annel Greene. Tags: morbid thoughts. Greene says there are a number of uses for the leftover materials that have yet to be discovered.

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