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(114,904 posts) Sun Apr 14, 2013, 07:28 PM Apr 2013

What the absolute fuck??? Torturing bears is legal in South Carolina [View all]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear-baiting

Take Action: Outlaw Bear Baiting in South Carolina! Please Sign The Petition

"Defenseless bears have no rights and are attacked for the cruel pleasure of spectators. Bear baiting needs to be stopped. We ask that South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley outlaw and criminalize bear baiting in the state to put an end to this practice."

http://www.care2.com/news/member/412766260/3530952

A black bear cowers in the corner of a pen in rural South Carolina. She is tethered to a stake, surrounded by hundreds of onlookers.

She is foaming at the mouth and popping her jaws, behavior that means she is terrified. Her captors have cut or removed her claws and many of her teeth, leaving her defenseless.

Three hounds run at the bear from one end of the arena, barking furiously. Some of them bite her face and legs. Others jump on her. She backs up on her hind legs, trying vainly to shield her face. The assault continues for four hours, as nearly 300 dogs attack her in quick succession.

This spectacle is a bear baiting competition, called a "bear bay" by participants, and is practiced only in South Carolina. It is similar to the archaic blood sport of bear baiting.

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http://www.humanesociety.org/news/news/2010/08/bear_baiting_082310.html

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What the absolute fuck??? Torturing bears is legal in South Carolina [View all] cali Apr 2013 OP

In Idaho too. It's a very cruel sport. n/t Cleita Apr 2013 #1

No, it's not. It's legal to put out bait for hunting black bears in Idaho cali Apr 2013 #2

How little you know. They send packs of vicious dogs out to tree them and when Cleita Apr 2013 #6

I just read the regs from Idaho. How little YOU know. that's for sure. cali Apr 2013 #9

Bull shit I was there. If they changed stuff in the last ten years then kudos to them Cleita Apr 2013 #14

oh for fuck's sake. grab a clue. we're talking about two entirely different issues here cali Apr 2013 #15

Oh so the bear isn't any less tormented for amusement because it isn't as extreme? Cleita Apr 2013 #16

what part of pulls out the teeth and claws and then sets packs of dogs cali Apr 2013 #17

Cruelty is cruelty no matter the degree. Cleita Apr 2013 #19

of course it is. and yes what they allow in South Carolina is worse by many degrees cali Apr 2013 #20

Glad it isn't up to you.. pipoman Apr 2013 #33

I don't know. Hunting is orders of magnitude less cruel than factory farming. Recursion Apr 2013 #57

Uh...what do you suppose bear hunters pipoman Apr 2013 #32

Truly shocking. LeftishBrit Apr 2013 #3

thanks, LB! cali Apr 2013 #4

WHAT THE FUCK!!! Damn humans can be wretched creatures. n/t RKP5637 Apr 2013 #5

shocked the hell out of me to read the Humane Society report cali Apr 2013 #8

The people who do this and watch it are all psychopaths who belong in jail, IMO. So sue me. freshwest Apr 2013 #39

cowards gotta do what they gotta do Skittles Apr 2013 #7

Totally disgusting, Those are my only words for this awful practice of cruelty. n/t RebelOne Apr 2013 #10

wow that's disgusting treestar Apr 2013 #11

How is this legal??? cali Apr 2013 #13

I couldn't sign the petition because I don't have a facebook account. LeftofObama Apr 2013 #12

signed. amerikat Apr 2013 #18

So SC is like 1600's London but without the good theater? Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #21

Disgraceful SummerSnow Apr 2013 #22

OMFG. I am continually shocked at the extreme perversion of some human beings. Doremus Apr 2013 #23

Ditto Doremus Marie Marie Apr 2013 #47

This is even illegal in Pakistan........ rdharma Apr 2013 #24

Actually it continued as a noble entertainment... Deep13 Apr 2013 #28

Britain abolished bear baiting a few years after they abolished slavery. nt rdharma Apr 2013 #30

18th century? nt Deep13 Apr 2013 #48

1835 nt rdharma Apr 2013 #52

Wow, forget early modern, not until actual modern times. nt Deep13 Apr 2013 #54

Shared. How heartbreaking! Triana Apr 2013 #25

Ba'r baiting, cock and dog fightin' and good old fashion racism. jpak Apr 2013 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author GiveMeFreedom Apr 2013 #31

My first post to you was self deleted because GiveMeFreedom Apr 2013 #34

At least in a cock fight each rooster has a 50/50 chance. Deep13 Apr 2013 #27

Fucking awful!! one_voice Apr 2013 #29

Not true. Dolphins practice a lot of the same perversions as man. TheMadMonk Apr 2013 #38

Now that you mention it... one_voice Apr 2013 #41

Sadly, no: dolphins, chimps, most great cats Recursion Apr 2013 #55

Apparently under the loophole of "training of animals" this is indeed legal. wtmusic Apr 2013 #35

Training? Who/what is being trained? Beaverhausen Apr 2013 #46

The dogs Recursion Apr 2013 #56

I can't even read the entire story... Swede Atlanta Apr 2013 #36

asshole's mtasselin Apr 2013 #37

Signed Omaha Steve Apr 2013 #40

Better yet, honor South Carolina's declaration of secession. nt geek tragedy Apr 2013 #42

This needs to go viral. I remember seeing William Hogarth's horrific engravings in school: freshwest Apr 2013 #43

signed petition nt steve2470 Apr 2013 #44

disgusting mitchtv Apr 2013 #45

K & R for visibility. freshwest Apr 2013 #49

Horrific. defacto7 Apr 2013 #50

Torture Newest Reality Apr 2013 #51

oh for fuck's sake. sophomoric palaver. cali Apr 2013 #58

I like the way you brought compassion to that smackdown. nt wtmusic Apr 2013 #59

well, I didn't like the way the poster displayed no compassion. cali Apr 2013 #60

No compassion and a Buddha avatar? FSogol Apr 2013 #61

pigs and cattle, chickrns, etc... veganlush Apr 2013 #53