Critter News
MARCH 15, 2012
Quebec is not known for its animal welfare concerns or laws. Two political parties in Quebec are speaking out about the ritual slaughter of animals, but a Jewish advocacy group is confident that kashrut is not being targeted. This type of slaughter slams directly against Québécois values," the Parti Québécois said in a statement.
Critter News
JULY 22, 2011
THE DUTCH parliament has voted overwhelmingly to ban the ritual slaughter of livestock. In a move aimed at further defusing the controversy over the proposed ban, deputy prime minister Maxime Verhagen gave an undertaking no new legislation would be signed into law until approved by the senate. Excerpted from the Irish Times.
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Critter News
DECEMBER 6, 2011
Slaughter opponents pushed a measure cutting off funding for horse meat inspections through Congress in 2006 after other efforts to pass outright bans on horse slaughter failed in previous years. Congress lifted the ban in a spending bill President Barack Obama signed into law Nov. Horses could soon be butchered in the U.S.
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
It amazes me that legislative business is still being conducted in DC these days, what with the US economic sky falling. 6598) is a bill that criminalizes the sale and transportation of horses for slaughter. The bill must be passed by the House and Senate before it can become law. Especially animal business. Lovely quote.
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. It has become the cornerstone of U.S.
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