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55. Sadly, no: dolphins, chimps, most great cats

Reply to one_voice (Reply #29)

Mon Apr 15, 2013, 04:06 AM

Apr 2013

Unfortunately it seems to come with being an apex predator

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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