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Article: House Earmarks $800,000 for Enforcing Federal Animal Fighting Laws, Narrowly Rejects Amendment Protecting Downed Farm Animals, Says HSUS
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- U.S. Newswire
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- July 15, 2003
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WASHINGTON, July 15 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Officials at The Humane
Society of the United States (HSUS) expressed mixed reaction
following votes on two key animal protection measures in the House of
Representatives late yesterday. The House passed an HSUS-backed
amendment to provide for $800,000 in new funds for enforcement of the
federal law against dogfighting and cockfighting, but it barely
rejected a measure that would have halted the abuse of downed
livestock at slaughterhouses. The votes came during debate of the
Fiscal Year 2004 Agriculture Appropriations Act, which funds the
Department of Agriculture.
The House approved the Blumenauer-Tancredo amendment on animal
fighting by a vote of ...