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Article: The HSUS Applauds Introduction of Federal Bill Requiring Animal Cruelty Crime Tracking

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July 31, 2008
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The Humane Society issued the following news release:

The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society Legislative Fund applaud U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Elton Gallegly, R-Calif., for introducing The Animal Cruelty Statistics Act of 2008. The bill requires the Department of Justice to collect and include data on all animal cruelty crimes and make that data publicly available for analysis. The bill will be heard in the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security today.

"This is much more than an animal protection law," Gallegly said. "Keeping statistics on animal cruelty crimes will help law ...

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