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5.20.13 - Lawmakers block proposal to ban controversial shark-fishing practice
Asian restaurants in many parts of the world, including big cities in Texas, legally serve shark fin soup as a delicacy. The fins can command $700 a pound.
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5.13.13 - Texas: Don't Gut Exotic Pet Law!
Texas: Don't Allow Dangerous Wild Animal Act to Be Mauled
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4.29.13 - Animal Welfare Coalition Encouraged by Enactment of North Dakota Animal Cruelty Bill
After more than a year of hard work, this week North Dakota finally became the 49th state to have felony penalties for animal cruelty!
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4.21.13 - Judge: Animal snuff films protected by 1st Amendment
Torturing animals and filming their painful deaths is an activity protected by the U.S. Constitution, according to a federal judge in Texas.
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4.21.13 - Horse DNA Found in Beef Products
European tests have found horse DNA and equine drugs in beef products.
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4.11.13 - Budget buffet: Obama moves to take horse meat off the menu
Buried inside President Obama's budget this week is a demand that Congress stop inspections of horse meat slaughter plants - a move that would halt the industry, just as it's poised to ramp up again.
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4.05.13 - Texas court says bereaved dog owners can't sue
The Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that bereaved dog owners can't sue for emotional damages when someone else is to blame for the death of a pet.
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4.05.13 - Slaughtering Horses for Profit, Not Welfare
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed legislation Friday lifting the state’s ban on processing and selling horsemeat, potentially setting the stage for Oklahoma becoming the first state in six years to open an equine abattoir.
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4.04.13 - Mississippi to Seal Last Shelter Gas Chamber
The American Veterinary Medical Association published its most recent “Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals,” in which it changed its classification of gas chamber use from “acceptable” to “acceptable with conditions.”
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3.19.13 - City Council passes anti-chaining dog ordinance
Wichita Falls City Councilors unanimously passed a controversial ordinance disallowing the chaining of dogs outside the physical presence of their owners.
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