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Hope for Hen Welfare

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Animal Welfare Groups Win Industry Backing for First-Ever Federal Regulation of Hen Welfare Groundswell of Public Support Results in Full Court Press for Nationwide Law Protecting Chickens to Replace State-by-State Initiatives WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. A press release I received from the Farm Sanctuary.

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Mexican Border Town Offers Tax Exemption for Euthanizing Dogs

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The town has become so overrun with dogs, that the government began offering a tax exemption of $17 per stray that was offered for euthanasia. Activists said what the government was doing qualified as “animal torture,” and they called for legislative reform.

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