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Weird Opinion Piece Re: Animal Abuse Registry
Here's a link to his opinion piece on the proposed animal abuse registry in California. Tags: jerk california animal abuse registr I can't tell whether this Phil Bronstein is just being a jerk. My first impression is that he's being an a#$#le, but maybe I'm overeacting because I don't agree with him.
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Critter News
- Tuesday, March 9, 2010
The Animal Legal Defense Fund Public Registries
They are pioneering legislation in California to make public animal abuse registries. Please take time to read it, and if you are in California, get in touch with your representative and encourage them to support this if you believe it’s a good thing.
Such bills have been introduced in the past by elected officials in Rhode Island, Colorado, and Tennessee, and the first-ever bill for a statewide registry in California was today announced by its sponsor, State Senator Dean Florez. I recently got an email from the Animal Legal Defense Fund. In our opinion, this is a
4 The Love Of Animals
- Thursday, February 25, 2010
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So I'm from the New Appalachia?
I grew up in the Central Valley of California and my mother owns a home there in Gustine. I've always known that the Central Valley is one of the poorer areas of California. Tags: californi This is not totally animal-related, but I'll share anyway. Today I came across this strange article from NPR about the area.
Critter News
- Friday, July 10, 2009
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Big Ag Upset Over California Antibiotics Ban
I actually read one headline asking whether this was the beginning of the end of commercial farming in California. SB416, authored by state Majority Leader, Dean Florez (Democrat, Shafter), chairman of the California Senate Committee on Food and Agriculture, which approved the bill three votes to one on 21 April, would have the prohibition in place by 2015. Tags: california farm animal welfare us agribusines A bit of an overreaction I think. But to big ag, it's just another step on a slippery slope started by the passage of Proposition 2. The article is so short, I'm
Critter News
- Friday, April 24, 2009
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California Budget Woes May Lead to More Shelter Deaths
Tags: animal shelter management euthanization california stray This sucks. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's new budget is calling for the euthanization of animals after only three days. Currently, it takes six days before they can be euthanized. I understand that budgets are an issue, but, again, these are lives
Critter News
- Wednesday, June 3, 2009
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California's Ag Industry Worried that State Committee will Focus on "Emotion"
The ag industry does NOT like this. There is definitely a new tide in California, post Proposition 2. In a move that elevated the anxiety level among grower-shippers, Darrell Steinberg, the new president pro-tem of the California state Senate, overhauled the body’s agriculture committee. Several environmental groups were represented at the news conference, during which Steinberg said the changes would usher in a new era in California agriculture policy.... “My Basically, it sounds like the ag committee will be including food safety and animal welfare concerns in their discussions.
Critter News
- Monday, January 19, 2009
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Going to California
We'll be taking a week off in the wonderful town of Gustine CA , so we'll see about the blogging. We have a laptop, but internet connectivity may be spotty. The town will soon be chock full of Portuguese (Azoreans, to be exact). Lots of good old time religion, overeating, and cows.
Critter News
- Tuesday, September 9, 2008
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California Hoe Down
See here . Addendum: I got to wondering about the origin of the term "hoe down." Here is what I found in the Oxford English Dictionary, 2d ed.: hoe-down A noisy, riotous dance; = breakdown 2. [ 1807 W. Irving Salmagundi 7 Mar. 98 As to dancing, no Long-Island negro
Animal Ethics
- Wednesday, April 25, 2007
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Prop 2 Passes in California
Proposition 2 has been passed in California. 4, 2008) – Voters in California approved an historic ballot measure to halt the inhumane confinement of animals on factory farms by an overwhelming margin. California voters have taken a stand for decency and compassion and said that the systemic mistreatment of animals on factory farms cannot continue," said Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of The Humane Society of the United States, the primary back of the YES! From the campaign website : (Nov. As of 11 PM PST, Prop 2 was leading 62% to 38%. “California
Critter News
- Wednesday, November 5, 2008
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San Francisco Passes Anti-Foie Gras Resolution
California will be banning that awful stuff in about three years. Foie gras is the liver of a duck or a goose that has been specially fattened by force feeding. (Ugh. Tags: meat california foie gra San Francisco supervisors have passed a resolution supporting city restaurants that remove foie gras from their menus. Ugh.
Critter News
- Friday, May 8, 2009
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Bloodless Bullfights No Longer Interest Me
I used to support the bloodless bullfights held in California. Anyway, here is an article that describes the practice and provides some background on the Portuguese-Americans in California.
...Tags: Tags: portuguese-americans california bullfightin These bullfights are allowed because they are part of religious festivals in the Portuguese-American community. But within the last year, an animal cruelty investigation almost shut one down because spikes were being used to antagonize the bull.
Critter News
- Monday, September 15, 2008
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Weird Opinion Piece Re: Animal Abuse Registry
Here's a link to his opinion piece on the proposed animal abuse registry in California. Tags: jerk california animal abuse registr I can't tell whether this Phil Bronstein is just being a jerk. My first impression is that he's being an a#$#le, but maybe I'm overeacting because I don't agree with him.
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Critter News
- Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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