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New Arkansas vet tech legislation poses risks to veterinary patients, clients, and practices

AVMA News

The Arkansas state legislature recently adopted a law that will expand veterinary technician specialists’ (VTS) scope of practice. Another bill still under consideration would dilute the educational background required for veterinary technicians to qualify for licensure.

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Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act Passed House Judiciary

Critter News

It amazes me that legislative business is still being conducted in DC these days, what with the US economic sky falling. The bill must be passed by the House and Senate before it can become law. Tags: horse animal cruelty legislation Slaughterhouse us. Especially animal business. The Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act (H.R.

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The One Animal Product You Should Feed Your Children

Animal Ethics

There simply is no dispute in the medical community that human breast milk is the best food a human infant can be fed. As the Newsweek story indicates, 38 states have passed laws giving women the right to breastfeed in any public or private place she’d otherwise be allowed to be. The legislators in these 12 states ought to be ashamed.

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