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Lawsuit to Challenge Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act

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Read the full article in the Washington Post. government Thursday to challenge the constitutionality of a rarely used law they say treats them like terrorists if they cause a loss in profits for businesses that use or sell animal products. A group of animal rights activists sued the U.S.

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Recent Events Involving Our Public Lands Are Alarming

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In case you missed the latest news cycle, the seven armed antigovernment protesters thugs pictured above were acquitted last Thursday of federal conspiracy and weapons charges stemming from that takeover of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge last winter. It’s about putting the Federal Government back into the confines of the law.”.

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The Splendor of Birds and National Geographic: a Book Review

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The celebration was occasioned by 2018 being the centennial of the passage of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act , a seminal environmental law. (Fun Fun fact: only three species in the lower 48 states are not protected by that statute – the House Sparrow, Rock Pigeon, and Common Starling.).

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Bloodless Bullfights No Longer Interest Me

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This was a clear violation of animal law. Next time, though, I might want to hook up with an animal rights group to protest. Anyway, here is an article that describes the practice and provides some background on the Portuguese-Americans in California. We are in Gustine and we were invited to the spectacle being held tonight.

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Animal Rights is Pernicious Nonsense?

Animal Person

In " 'Animal Rights:' Pernicious Nonsense for Both Law & Public Policy ," Massachusetts attorney and "sportsman" Richard Latimer is on the mark with some concepts, and way off with others. If you can get through the article's pernicious nonsense, there are some salient points, albeit the result of confusion on the part of the author.