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Talk Back: Dogfighting, Toxic Lead Shot, and Animal Cruelty
Today I’d like to share some of your comments to recent blog posts. I recently wrote about Michael Vick working to steer at-risk youth away from dogfighting:
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Send Us Your Bill
How many times have you heard about a cruel or abusive practice involving animals, and wondered, “How can that be legal? Isn’t there a law against that?”
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107 and Counting
When Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell signed a bill yesterday—surrounded by dogs and dog lovers—to curb some of the worst puppy mill abuses, he knew he was taking a major step forward for man’s best friend. What he probably didn’t know was that his humane action was part of a record-breaking year for animal protection lawmaking all across the country—with HSUS and HSLF doing heavy lifting from coast to coast.
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Get the Lead Out
When mourning dove hunting season begins next week—in most states except Iowa and Michigan which have resisted the entreaties of the gun lobby, and nearly all of the Northeast where the gentle songbirds have long been protected—hunters will once again discharge enormous amounts of toxic lead shot into the environment.
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Talk Back: First Ladies, Vick and Veterans
Today I’d like to share some of your comments to recent blog posts. I recently wrote about First Ladies Michelle Bruni-Sarkozy and Michelle Obama, and their fur-free fashion statements:
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HAPPY for Pets
I wrote last year about California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s misguided plan to add a sales tax to veterinary services as part of a larger set of proposals to deal with the state’s multi-billion dollar budget shortfall.
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A Chance to Change
I spent yesterday at the Liberation Christian Center in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago’s south side, where Michael Vick spoke to at-risk youth and urged them not to get involved in dogfighting.
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11 Habits of Highly Effective Lobbyists
Congressional town hall meetings are erupting in violence over the health care issue. A lobbying firm for the coal industry forged letters supposedly from local groups unhappy with climate change legislation. It seems that grassroots lobbying is getting a bad rap these days.
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Missing the Mark on Anti-Cruelty Law
This fall, for the first time in more than 15 years, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a major animal protection case. The high court will decide whether to uphold a 1999 federal law that bans the commercial sale of videos depicting extreme and illegal acts of animal cruelty, such as dogfighting and other deliberate and malicious acts.
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Aquatic Accommodations
It’s been a good week for marine life. The House of Representatives emphatically passed two bills to protect sea otters and turtles.
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Animals on the Hill, and in “The Hill”
The Hill, a “must read” newspaper for Washington policy makers, this week published a special edition on animal welfare for the first time in its 15 years of publication.
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Congress Oughta Protect Otters
Legislation can move slowly in Congress, but there are several wildlife protection bills moving with the speed and grace of a cheetah.
