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Outdoor Channel
By U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance
California Senate Bill 1221, a bill that will ban the use of hounds to hunt black bears and bobcats, passed the state’s Senate today by a vote of 22 to 15. The passage of SB 1221 by the senate casts a dark cloud over the future of all hunting and wildlife management in California.
The bill, which is sponsored by the radical animal rights group Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), triggered a strong outpouring of opposition from California sportsmen and women, plus sportsmen’s organizations, in the state and nationwide.
The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance (USSA) denounced this retaliatory wildlife management bill that was created when HSUS could not have a...