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Contact us SHARK NEWSLETTER February 10, 2012 Join our Email list
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SHARK Begins Operations at South Carolina Pigeon Shoot
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DEAR FRIENDS,
SHARK is now on the ground in South Carolina for the four-day live pigeon shoot at the Broxton Bridge Plantation in Ehrhardt. In this update, we'll be showing you the media coverage of the event, as well as the cruel history of the plantation and the faces of a few of the people who attended Thursday, the first day of the shoot. We will keep you updated throughout this horrific event. In the meantime, Please keep calling and writing Governor Nikki Haley. Remember to always be polite and respectful in your communication.
Governor Nikki Haley
Phone: (803) 734-2100
Fax: (803) 734-5167
EmailMedia coverage of the shoot:
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Field and Stream Advocates Shooting Down SHARK's Aircraft
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In a blog posting on their website, Field and Stream, on February 8, 2012, advocated for the illegal shooting down of SHARK's aircraft. You can see the entire post HERE.
After quoting a news article about SHARK's efforts, Field and Stream went on to write:
"Hmmm, animal-rights activists, a remote-controlled helicopter, and a bunch of guys with shotguns. Now that's a combination with some definite potential for the creation of a brand-new shooting sport. Anyone taking bets on how many loads of 7 1/2s it'll take to send "Angel" crashing to earth?"
Field and Stream advocating the shooting down of a remote controlled aircraft is both irresponsible and potentially dangerous, not to mention a completely illegal act. We'll have more on this in the next day.
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Pictures from the First Day at Broxton Bridge
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As we promised, SHARK is going to expose all those who attend the pigeon shoot at Broxton Bridge. Here are a few faces and license plates from Day 1.
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Cars from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Illinois and South Carolina
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The Dark Legacy of the Broxton Bridge Plantation
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 Created more than 200 years ago, and always owned by the Varn family, the very foundation of Broxton Bridge was built with blood and cruelty; it was a slave plantation.
While one might have thought, or hoped, that the long dark history of racism and prejudice would have faded, the plantation's recent owner, Gerry Varn, had no problem publicly expressing outrageous and condemnable statements.
Varn, who died in 2007, was quoted extensively in "Long Shadows: Truth Lies and History," which was published in 2001.
In one rant, which the author describes as being "...coloured by hoary anti-semitism," Varn explains that the civil war was actually started by a Jewish banking family that "...decided to cut the U.S. in half and create a war."
While Varn did not believe the war was about slavery, he certainly had strong thoughts about his family's business:
Varn's diatribe about slavery is a remarkable mirror to how those who abuse animals defend what they do.
How many times have we heard the argument made by rodeo participants, or circus owners, that why would they abuse animals that they paid good money for? Or that they love their animals and give them good care? Gerry Varn's sick and twisted ideology is alive and well.
Varn was also an anti-government radical who decried big government, yet the Estate of GD Varn Jr appears to love big government, as they taken more than $57,000 in USDA crop subsidies, meaning our tax-dollars have gone to support their family. I guess hypocrisy is just fine when there is a fat tax-payer funded check to be had.
Gerry Varn, animal abuser, also said that "In my own mind, I feel that slavery saved people from being savages."
The only savages we see are Gerry Varn, and all those who are at Broxton Bridge this week for a vile and barbaric pigeon shoot.
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Kindest Regards,
Steve Hindi and Your SHARK Team
"Kindness and compassion towards all living beings is a mark of a civilized society. Racism, economic deprival, dog fighting and cock fighting, bullfighting and rodeos are all cut from the same fabric: violence. Only when we have become nonviolent towards all life will we have learned to live well ourselves." - Cesar Chavez, civil rights and labor leader, founder of the United Farm Workers
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