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Puppy mill breeders exposed in new reportnew

How much is that doggie in the window, the one with the waggly tail? The cost — measured in suffering — is high if a puppy mill supplied the dog to the store. The Humane Society of the United States in May issued The Horrible Hundred: Puppy Mills Exposed, with a state-by-state breakdown.
Wisconsin Gazette  |  Lisa Neff and Staff writer  |  05-21-2015  |  Animal Issues

Bias Bitesnew

Pit bull bans blasted as biased, without merit.
Wisconsin Gazette  |  Lisa Neff  |  05-21-2015  |  Animal Issues

What Food Producers Don’t Want You To Knownew

More than 80 undercover investigations have been conducted at U.S. factory farms in the past decade, resulting in dozens of videos that reveal animal abuse and real threats to food safety. And even as campaigns are launched to implement policies that can prevent such cruelty, counter-campaigns are trying to prevent undercover investigations in the first place.
Wisconsin Gazette  |  Lisa Neff  |  11-14-2014  |  Animal Issues

Rattling the cage: Court weighs in on personhood for non-humansnew

A New York court will decide this fall whether to apply “legal personhood” to an animal in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit filed on behalf of Tommy the Chimp.
Wisconsin Gazette  |  Lisa Neff  |  10-20-2014  |  Animal Issues

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