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Parks and Public Lands Win at the Polls

10,000 Birds

Second, Amendment 2 required a two-thirds vote of each chamber of the state legislature to authorize the transfer, sale, or disposal of land under the control of the state agriculture or environmental protection departments.”. Election Results = PASSED with 82.87% voter support. Savannah River. Photo by © Jamie Hargis.

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It's Back! The Horror of Horse Slaughter in DeKalb

Animal Ethics

In response to citizen outrage over horses being slaughtered in Illinois, the Illinois legislature decided to tie off the loophole for good by passing House Bill 1711. On May 24, Governor Rod Blagojevich signed the bill into law. Illinoisans breathed a collective sigh of relief. Then, on July 5, 2007, U.S. Or so we thought!