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• A new day for dogs: Law targets puppy mills
New laws in Virginia and Louisiana limit the number of dogs that can be housed in kennels, and Arizona law enforcement officials were given the power to impose a $50 fine against anyone caught selling animals along public roads or in public parks in ...
• Boy, 7, breaks into zoo, feeds animals to croc
SYDNEY, Australia - A 7-year-old boy broke into a popular Outback zoo, fed a string of animals to the resident crocodile and bashed several lizards to death with a rock, the zoo's director said Friday. The 30-minute rampage, caught on the zoo's ...
• Kids want a hamster? Ask your doctor first
That's according to the nation's leading pediatricians' group in a new report about dangers from exotic animals. Besides evidence that they can carry dangerous and sometimes potentially deadly germs, exotic pets may be more prone than cats and dogs to ...
• California may require more space for hens
Ranchers would have to ensure that their animals can stand up, turn around or stretch. But since producers have voluntarily phased out the caging of newborn calves and breeding sows, debate over the measure has centered primarily on California's 19 ...
• Suspected Cockfighting Ring Raided In Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA - Authorities said Friday that agents from the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals raided a house in Philadelphia and discovered dozens of birds they said were being used in cockfights. The PSPCA is ...