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Safari Club kick-starts new legal center
Safari Club International, a hunting advocacy group, has launched a new legal branch.
The Center for Conservation Law and Education, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit, was created to consolidate the organization's eight attorneys under one umbrella while creating an avenue for tax-deductible donations to help pay for litigation.
'Hunting heritage and sustainable-use conservation are under constant siege,' W. Laird Hamberlin, CEO of SCI, said in a news release. 'Hunters are the ultimate conservationists, and this Center is our frontline defense for the future of hunting.'
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The Safari Club, which was founded in 1971, focuses on preserving hunting and fishing access. In particular, the club has recently battled to delist gray wolves and Louisiana black bears from endangered species list and against a proposal in Senate Republicans' tax cut megabill that would mandate the sale of some federal public lands.
