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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July-August 2013:
WASHINGTON D.C.––A version of the 2013 Farm Bill passed on July 11, 2013 by the U.S. House of Representatives eliminated $80 billion in funding for the federal food stamp program, but included an amendment by Representative Steve King (R-Iowa) which would overturn more than 150 state laws governing aspects of food safety, occupational health, and animal welfare. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July-August 2013:
SAN MATEO, California––Local humane society presidents rarely criticize national humane organizations and even less often jump into farmed animal issues, at risk of alienating meat-eating donors, but Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA president Ken White on May 30, 2013 bucked convention on both points. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July-August 2013:
WASHINGTON D.C.––Are U.S. federal horse policies pivoting toward an end to horse slaughter and greater tolerance for wild horses on the western range, or toward a revived horse slaughter industry as “final solution” for perceived wild horse overpopulation?
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July-August 2013:
LIMERICK, Ireland––“Some of you who have been to our show over the last few days may have noticed that we no longer have lions and tigers in the show,” Tom Duffy’s Circus owner David Duffy posted to Facebook on June 21, 2013. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July-August 2013:
PORTLAND, Oregon––“I think we will get a single-injection contraceptive product for dogs and cats, but when, and at what cost?” rhetorically asked Linda Rhodes, DVM from the plenary podium at the June 20-23, 2013 Alliance for Contraception in Cats & Dogs conference in Portland, Oregon.
That was what most of the audience of about 150 researchers, animal advocates, and news media had come to find out. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July-August 2013:
PORTLAND, Oregon––Does castration really make male dogs less dangerous? The return of an injectible zinc gluconate chemosterilant to the U.S. market––Zeuterin, formerly called Neutersol––has rekindled a debate that most of the humane community, most veterinarians, and probably most people involved with dogs in any way thought was long since settled.
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July-August 2013:
Raising millions of animals per year in close confinement for decades longer than most other nations, The Netherlands has correspondingly had much more experience than almost anywhere else with how contagious diseases spread among large herds and flocks in close quarters. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July-August 2013:
Dutch state secretary of economic affairs Sharon Dijksma did not directly address intercontinental live animal transport in introducing her “Vaccination for Life” initiative to the Dutch Parliament. But Dijksma noted that “Vaccination for Life” has already been endorsed in principle by the Animal Health Quadrilateral Group, a biosecurity advisory body including governmental representatives from the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July-August 2013:
by Alexandra Semyonova
Probably most people recognize that every dog breed results from human manipulation of inherited physical traits. Until recently, most people probably also recognized that much dog behavior is also a result of manipulating inheritance: if you want to do sheep trials, you get a border collie. If you get a beagle, he will likely become instantly deaf to your calls if he picks up a scent to track. Read more