South Carolina is famous for Hilton Head, Charleston, Kiawah Island, the Confederate Flag on the court house steps, and oyster roasts. It’s about to become an avant garde state in terms of animal rights and protection.

House Bill 833, or the Anti-Chain Bill, as animal activists call it, would prohibit an animal from being tethered for more than a certain number of hours a day and if tethered, would require certain mandatory lengths of the tether. This is a fantastic bill to stop hundreds of animals from suffering in the South Carolina heat in summer and freezing in the winter because of morons who think animals should be chained and not cared for. A tethered animal turns into a bad animal over time. If you don’t believe that just talk to some animal behaviorists or better yet, go try and pet one that’s been tied up for say…two years.

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