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Constitutional Amendment to Protect Hunting and Fishing Passes Easily

WEKU | By John Cheves, Lexington Herald-Leader
Published November 6, 2012 at 8:36 PM EST

Kentucky voters amended the state constitution Tuesday to forever protect their right to hunt and fish. Voters overwhelmingly approved an amendment that the General Assembly passed in 2011 as a pre-emptive strike against anyone who would challenge Kentuckians' right to "harvest wildlife." At present, nobody is lobbying against hunting and fishing in Kentucky or legally challenging it. But somebody in the future might have, such as an animal-rights group, said the amendment's sponsor, Rep. Leslie Combs, D-Pikeville. Now they can't, Combs said.

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/11/06/2398379/constitutional-amendment-to-protect.html#storylink=cpy
John Cheves, Lexington Herald-Leader
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