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• A new day for dogs: Law targets puppy mills
The new law in Pennsylvania targets about 650 large-scale commercial breeders, or roughly one-quarter of the state's 2,600 licensed kennels, that sell any dogs to dealers and pet shops or traffic in at least 60 dogs per year. Violators would be ...
• Horse moms tend to be nicer to sons
Cameron explained that while males in general breed more, not all male horses will turn out to be busy breeders, whereas almost all female horses that reach adulthood will breed at least once. "Therefore, if you have a lot of extra resources and can ...
• Contest pairs horse trainers with wild mustangs
On this day, the horses were not from breeders but rather the Western range — separated from their wild origins by only a few months of training. Faced with a surplus of wild horses, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and its nonprofit partner, the ...
• How one Chihuahua mix became a star
... talent for their whimsical tale of romance and adventure — doggy style. Papi, the part Chihuahua, part mutt male lead of the movie, was rescued from a Los Angeles animal shelter after trainers held months of fruitless auditions with breeders and ...
• Debate over horse meat gains new life
But opponents of the law, including some cattle ranchers, horse breeders and veterinarians, say that the now-defunct U.S. slaughterhouses, regulated and inspected by the Department of Agriculture, were run in a humane fashion and provided a necessary ...