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Parks and Public Lands Win at the Polls

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Legislative Requirements to Transfer State Properties Amendment. Amendment 2 changed the process for passing conveyance legislation in Connecticut. Denver, Colorado. Colorado mountains courtesy of MarekWk via Wikimedia Commons. Election Results = PASSED with 59%+ voter support. Northern Harrier. Photo by © Robin Edwards.

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Mexican Border Town Offers Tax Exemption for Euthanizing Dogs

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There's a stray dog problem in San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico. There are about 70,000 stray dogs roaming San Luis Rio Colorado in northern Mexico. Activists said what the government was doing qualified as “animal torture,” and they called for legislative reform. The solution? Sarcasm there of course. From Latino Fox News.

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Update on Proposition 2 in CA

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California’s Proposition 2 is not solely about the California egg business but is also about the egg industry’s national survival, warned Gene Gregory at the annual legislative meeting of United Egg Producers (UEP). Again, thanks to Farmed Animal Net for this update on California's proposition 2.

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The Animal Legal Defense Fund Public Registries

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They are pioneering legislation in California to make public animal abuse registries. Through its campaign, www.ExposeAnimalAbusers.org , the animal protection organization is promoting model legislation that state legislatures could enact. I recently got an email from the Animal Legal Defense Fund.

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Best & Worst States for Animal Protection

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New Jersey Illinois Massachusetts Colorado Maine WORST STATES Ohio Hawaii Alabama North Dakota Mississippi Idaho South Dakota (worst) According to the Animal Legal Defense Fund, the states fell this way. According to this Technorati article , the Humane Society rated the states on their animal protection laws.

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The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and Who Pays for It

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Professor Marc Bekoff at the University of Colorado advances the even more progressive idea of “compassionate conservation.” He notes that “Beginning in the 1960s, for example, conservation was dominated by non-hunters whose legacy includes key legislation such as the U.S.

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