“We have people that are avid hunters and fishermen and they believe that anything to do with animal concerns, animal abuse, is going to take away, infringe on their rights, take away their guns, not let them hunt and that kind of thing. So anytime you bring something up about animals you’re hitting a brick wall,”
Columbia, SC (WLTX) South Carolina’s laws against animal cruelty rank 45th in the nation, according to the Humane Society of the United States, and state lawmakers who’ve tried to toughen those laws say there’s one main reason for that.
“We have people that are avid hunters and fishermen and they believe that anything to do with animal concerns, animal abuse, is going to take away, infringe on their rights, take away their guns, not let them hunt and that kind of thing. So anytime you bring something up about animals you’re hitting a brick wall,” says Rep. Deborah Long, R-Indian Land, who sponsored a bill two years ago to create an animal abuse registry, similar to the sex offender registry. Now, someone can be convicted of animal abuse in one county and, even if a judge prohibits them from having any more animals, if they move…
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Exposing the Big Game 
Yes, the hunters and various other abusers (such as dog fighters) feel the heat from the animal rights organizations and are noticing that at least in urban areas the culture concerning animals and their welfare is changing. So organizations on the other side are banding together to oppose any help for animals. Just look at the rage and propaganda directed against PETA, and the HSUS is not far behind. Recently groups in Missouri were trying to get a law passed that would mitigate some of the worst evils of puppy mills. That attempt received a huge amount of opposition from Big Ag, hunting, and gun groups just because it would impose limits on the amount of suffering people could inflict for any reason, including just plain greed.