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Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act Passed House Judiciary

Critter News

6598) is a bill that criminalizes the sale and transportation of horses for slaughter. This bill would severely limit the rights of owners to manage their private property and subject horse owners to criminal prosecution should they sell or transport their horses for processing for human consumption, even if that is not their intention.”

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University of Iowa Animal Lab Goes Underground

Critter News

The 35,000-square-foot facility would connect the Medical Education Research Facility and Carver Biomedical Research Building on the west side of campus. The links would mean researchers would never have to transport animals above ground, said Jordan Cohen, interim U of I vice president for research. Advertisement. And they know it.

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The Irony of The Girl Effect

Animal Person

It was because of her that her husband could get medical care when he fell ill. For example, Oprah (or Kristof) said: "At the peak of the transatlantic slave trade, 80,000 slaves were transported from Africa to the new world. The central message of the program was not about enslaving animals, of course.

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