Critter News

JANUARY 3, 2011

According to this Technorati article , the Humane Society rated the states on their animal protection laws. 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.

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Animal Legal Defense Fund Animal Protection North Dakota Protection 100

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 30, 2012

In 2002 the German Parliament amended Article 26 of the Basic Law to give nonhuman animals the right to be “respected as fellow creatures” and to be protected from “avoidable pain.” In the United States, most believe that gaining personhood is much more probable through legislative enactment than through a constitutional change.

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Rights For Animals Legislation Laws 40

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

According to the Newsweek article "Breast on a Plane" just linked-to above, last year Victoria’s Secret would not allow women to breastfeed in their stores in Wisconsin and Massachusetts. The legislators in these 12 states ought to be ashamed. How sick and twisted have we become? Breast-feeding does just that.

Animal 40

Animal Meat Cows District of Columbia 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2023

Schulman The Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 (MBTA) is the legislative implementation of the Migratory Bird Treaty negotiated with Great Britain, on behalf of Canada, in 1916 (subsequent treaties with Mexico, Japan, and Russia have been incorporated into the Act). Treaties trump state laws. ©2023, Donna L.

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Connecticut Washington Legislation Hunting 147