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Transcript: SENATE PASSES GALLEGLY ANIMAL FIGHTING BILL
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- Capitol Hill Press Releases
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- April 11, 2007
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Capitol Hill Press Releases
04-11-2007
For Immediate Release Senate Passes Gallegly Animal Fighting Bill Contact:
Tom Pfeifer 202-225-5811 April 11, 2007 WASHINGTON, D.C.-The U.S. Senate
late Tuesday passed a bipartisan bill by Congressman Elton Gallegly (R-Ventura
and Santa Barbara Counties) that makes violations of federal animal fighting
law a felony punishable by up to three years in prison, makes it a felony
to transport an animal across state or international borders for the purpose
of animal fighting, and prohibits the interstate and foreign commerce in
knives and gaffs designed for use in cockfighting. The Senate passed Gallegly's
Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2007 by ...
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