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Supreme Court to Review Legality of Animal Abuse Videos

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Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit in Philadelphia voted 10 to 3 last summer to find unconstitutional the rarely used law passed by Congress in 1999. Thanks to Animal Law Online for the catch. Tags: us supreme court animal cruelty animal law. I am incredibly angry at the last statement. That's just BS.

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Humane Society Puts Pressure on South Carolina's Bear Baying

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Animal rights advocates say it's cruel to the nearly defenseless bears and harms them psychologically. State law on the issue is murky. And while South Carolina's attorney general says animal cruelty laws prohibit bear baying, he hasn't prosecuted any cases.