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Article: The HSUS Praises Virginia Legislature for Unanimously Passing Strong Animal Fighting Bill
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- March 3, 2008
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The Humane Society issued the following news release:
RICHMOND, Va. -- The Humane Society of the United States praised the Virginia Senate for passing legislation that will make all organized animal fighting activities a felony. The Senate has taken the last step in the process of establishing what The HSUS considers one of the nation's most effective laws to eradicate cockfighting and dogfighting.
H.B. 656 was introduced by House Majority Leader H. Morgan Griffith (R-Salem) and passed on Feb. 12 by a vote of 93 to 2. Today, the State Senate passed the same bill by a vote of 40 to 0. A companion bill to H.B. 656, S.B. 592, was introduced by Sen. Tommy Norment (R-Williamsburg) and passed in ...