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Quotes by Lynda Smith

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It's clearly a trophy hunt. No one eats the meat.
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This is a very sad day for us. This hunt is not about public safety. This is a trophy hunt, plain and simple. But the bears don't belong to just the hunters. They belong to all of us.
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There's some miscommunication there. We never used the word 'kill.' ... I think we did everything reasonably to take care of this animal.
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We're not going to interfere with the hunt. But if a hunter loses an animal in the woods and fails to track it, then we'll attempt to rescue it. And some people are willing to get arrested.
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Today, for us, is a very sad day. They're here to kill them, we're here to help them.
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If it's someone's pet and you're keeping it at home, there's just too much room for error there. Hopefully, Lady will not get rabies, but we have to assume the raccoon was rabid.
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We're going to have people in the woods during the hunt looking for wounded bears.