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This law creates the crime of "animal enterprise terrorism" for those who damage or cause the loss of property of an animal enterprise. [36] 2002: The AWA is amended to redefine the term "animal" in the law to match the USDA regulations, i.e. to exclude birds, mice, and rats. [11] 2002: Florida becomes the first state to ban gestation crates ...
On May 13, 2002, President George W. Bush signed the Farm Bill (Public Law 107-171) into law which contains an amendment (section 10305) stating that it was "the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture should fully enforce" the Humane Slaughter Act. When introducing the Resolution on the Senate floor, Senator Peter Fitzgerald said:
This story was updated at 3:35 p.m. The Oregon Department of Agriculture is asking veterinarians and farmers to report any symptoms of avian influenza in livestock following detection of the ...
CAFOs are governed by regulations that restrict how much waste can be distributed and the quality of the waste materials. [2] As of 2012 there were around 212,000 AFOs in the United States, [3]: 1.2 19,496 of which were CAFOs. [4] [a] Livestock production has become increasingly dominated by CAFOs in the United States and other parts of the ...
Oregon has extended rules restricting the state's lucrative Dungeness crab fishery in order to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in ropes attached to crab traps, the state's fish and ...
Wild bird deaths can be reported to Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife at 1-866-968-2600 or emailed to Wildlife.Health@odfw.oregon.gov. The deceased birds should not be handled or collected ...
Today, a vehicle has a much higher chance of hitting a wild animal than livestock. [11] Laws are still in flux. In Arizona, livestock must be fenced in within incorporated areas, but are still listed only as a potential nuisance for unincorporated suburbs. [11] Therefore, in that state, bills were being pushed to get rid of this "antiquated" law.
The 2014 Bundy standoff was an armed confrontation between supporters of cattle rancher Cliven Bundy and law enforcement following a 21-year legal dispute in which the United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) obtained court orders directing Bundy to pay over $1 million in withheld grazing fees for Bundy's use of federally owned land ...