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APRIL 13, 2009

How many people know this about the Animal Welfare Act? According to the United States Department of Agriculture, “farm animals are regulated under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) only when used in biomedical research, testing, teaching and exhibition. Tags: animal cruelty proposition 2 cattle farm animal welfare agribusiness.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2008

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MARCH 15, 2012

Quebec is not known for its animal welfare concerns or laws. From JTA, the Global News Service of the Jewish People. The opposition Parti Québécois and the Coalition For Quebec's Future declared their concerns about halal meat, which comes from animals that are slaughtered according to Islamic law.

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DECEMBER 6, 2011

Bad news for horses in the US. Of course, right now, they're just being shipped to Canada and Mexico anyway, where health and welfare standards are much, much lower. Congress lifted the ban in a spending bill President Barack Obama signed into law Nov. Read the complete article at pantagraph.com.

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JANUARY 19, 2009

Basically, it sounds like the ag committee will be including food safety and animal welfare concerns in their discussions. There is definitely a new tide in California, post Proposition 2. The panel is now known as the Food and Agriculture Committee, and the new chairman is Dean Florez, Steinberg revealed at a news conference Jan.

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JULY 10, 2010

In context, Mr. Conklin's actions were entirely appropriate," Phillips wrote in a news release this morning. The veterinarians told law enforcement that cows who remain down are at risk of injury or death. Tags: ohio animal enterprise terrorism act mercy for animals farm animal welfare. A cow's muscles may atrophy.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

News to me. A national physicians group has filed a federal complaint against the University of Washington, saying its use of ferrets to train medical residents in emergency procedures on babies and children violates a federal animal-welfare law. I live in Seattle and I am always skeptical of how the UW treats its lab animals.

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MAY 23, 2011

An animal rights group based in the United States has ranked Quebec “the best province to be an animal abuser” in a report on Canada’s animal welfare record. The Animal Legal Defence Fund says in its fourth annual report ranking Canada’s 13 provinces and territories on their animal protection laws that only Nunavut ranks worse than Quebec.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Brown, a case in which the meat industry is attempting to invalidate a California law designed to reduce animal suffering and protect public safety. Tags: meat california farm animal welfare factory farm animal law meatpacking.

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AUGUST 15, 2010

Last week there was a slew of articles about the agreement in Ohio between the farm industry and animal welfare activists to expand cage sizes for calves (veal), hens and pigs. This New York Times article argues that it could lead to other states following suit. Well, maybe, although I think there is still a long way to go.

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JULY 3, 2010

Animal welfare groups led by the Humane Society of the United States have agreed to abandon a fall ballot issue against animal cruelty as part of a deal with state farm groups brokered by Gov. Tags: ohio humane society farm animal welfare. From the Associated Press.

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JULY 19, 2009

Sunstein is a Harvard law professor who has written about animal protection issues. He is the co-editor, for example, of Animal Rights: Current Debates and New Directions, which examines views both in favor and against animal law. Tags: Obama animal rights farm animal welfare politics agribusiness.

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OCTOBER 9, 2010

A coordinated international law enforcement operation has led to the arrest of 25 individuals suspected of taking part in the illicit trade of tigers, one of the world's most endangered species. From the PR Newswire.

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AUGUST 17, 2012

Animal Rescue Corps puts animal welfare above all else. Run by a very qualified staff, the organization’s employees boast a collective 40 years’ experience in animal protection in addition to their numerous accolades and certifications including MBAs, law degrees and more. Animal Rescue Corps. 48@gmail.com.

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JANUARY 7, 2010

The ASPCA, Born Free USA (Animal Protection Institute), Animal Welfare Institute, Fund for Animals along with former Ringling animal trainer Tom Rider had accused the circus of shackling, confining and striking elephants with bullhooks, which have a sharp steel hook at one end. "Mr Tags: circus animal law elephants.

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AUGUST 27, 2009

Economics, science, literature, film, politics, law, etc. At the same time, do we have the time to wait for everyone to become vegan to enact laws that will at least allow more humane care in the short term. Tags: activism musings animal rights animal welfare.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

As an Illinois state senator, he backed at least a dozen animal protection laws, including those to strengthen the penalties for animal cruelty, to help animal shelters, to promote spaying and neutering, and to ban the slaughter of horses for human consumption. Barack Obama (D-Ill.)

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FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Keeping primates as pets threatens public health and safety, as well as the welfare of the animals. The legislation is a proactive federal response that would amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit individuals from buying or transporting primates across state lines as pets.

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JULY 25, 2007

To the Editor: “ For ‘Animal Precinct,’ Reality Subject to Dispute ” (news article, July 23) missed the entire point of comprehensive animal welfare: that effective animal welfare requires both response and prevention. New York, July 23, 2007 Edwin Sayres President and Chief Executive A.S.P.C.A.

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JULY 22, 2011

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.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

A Seattle law firm is taking on dairies, claiming that a price-fixing scheme has consumers paying too much for milk. If the dairy companies were doing this, well, that's cold! Excerpted from the Seattle P-I. The class-action lawsuit accuses companies of slaughtering thousands of cows just to decrease supply.

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