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Fighting the `antis' keeps watchdog group quite busy.

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)

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Byline: Lew Freedman

CHICAGO _ The U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance is the eye-in-the-sky for hunters, the watchdog group fighting back against the "antis," as animal rights activists who hate hunting are called. The group guards the backs of sportsmen nationwide.

"We're in business to combat the anti-hunting groups," said Rick Story, senior vice president of the alliance. "That's all we do."

The U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance is a 29-year-old, Columbus, Ohio-based organization that monitors threats to sportsmen and hunting throughout the United States. The current-day threat to the future of hunting is greater than ever, Story said recently at an outdoor writers conference in South Dakota. More than ever, he said, extremist animal rights groups are organized, well-funded and willing ...

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