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Article: U.S. Senate Passes Farm Bill Addressing Animal Fighting, Puppy Mills, Downed Farm Animals And Bear Parts Trade
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- U.S. Newswire
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- February 13, 2002
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Humane Society of the
United States (HSUS) announced today that a series of provisions
passed by the Senate during consideration of the Farm bill, S. 1731,
amounts to an historic and unprecedented advance for animal
protection in the United States. The Senate approved provisions to
combat animal fighting, to address inhumane treatment of farm
animals, to combat some abuses at puppy mills, and to halt the trade
in bear parts. There was one very harmful anti-animal amendment: a
measure to exclude protection from Animal Welfare Act standards for
birds, rats and mice used in research.
"Public opinion surveys demonstrate time and time again that ...