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North Carolina law will require veterinarians to report gabapentin use

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As part of Governor Roy Cooper’s North Carolina Opioid Action Plan, a new law will require the state’s veterinarians to report the use of gabapentin even though it is not a controlled substance. HB 190 goes into effect March 1, 2024, for pharmacies and March 1, 2025, for veterinarians.

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Navigating client, staff communication relies on active listening, letting things go

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Animal Legal Defense Fund Ranks States on Animal Protection

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The ALDF has released a report on how different states' animal protection laws stack up. Tags: animal law. Among the best: California, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Oregon.

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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Got to finish browsing for the fawns and collecting chiggers,” wrote Becky, from an island off North Carolina. Change in Law. I wish for a federal law prohibiting domestic and feral cats from roaming free outdoors. “I don’t want to be too hasty in my response,” wrote Gay in Virginia. That’s easy!”

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Shades of the Sunshine State

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2) The Bunting Surprise Painted Bunting, photo by Nate Swick My in-laws got a time-share on a golf course in Orlando and we headed down there for a week in the spring of 2011. Well, let’s just say that’s not a memory I’ve forgotten in the almost 20 years since.

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Duck Stamps and the Best National Wildlife Refuges for Birding

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The members of the MBCC are set by law: the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Administrator of the EPA, two U.S. Pea Island NWR (North Carolina): 99.2%. There was approximately $9 million carried over from the previous year and smaller contributions from a variety of other sources. Representatives.

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