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The California Desert Protection Act of 1994 is a federal law (Pub. L. 103–433) sponsored by Senator Dianne Feinstein, passed by the United States Congress on October 8, 1994, and signed into effect by President Bill Clinton on October 31 of the same year, that established three separate National Park System units in California's Mojave Desert: Death Valley National Park, Joshua Tree ...
The bill consisted of two titles, the first affecting conservation and recreation and the second affecting renewable energy permitting. [1]The conservation title sought to create two new national monuments: the 941,000 acres (3,810 km 2; 1,470 sq mi) Mojave Trails National Monument along Route 66 and the 134,000 acres (540 km 2; 209 sq mi) Sand to Snow National Monument, which would connect ...
The first World Day for Laboratory Animals is held on April 24. The first World Day for Farmed Animals is held on October 2, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. 1984: Tom Regan publishes The Case for Animal Rights, a highly influential philosophical argument that animals have rights (as opposed to Peter Singer's utilitarian case for animal ...
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In the Senate, the bill is placed on the desk of the presiding officer. [6] The bill must bear the signature of the member introducing it to verify that the member actually intended to introduce the bill. The member is then called the sponsor of that bill. That member may add the names of other members onto the bill who also support it.
The bill would have required animal shelters to provide 72 hours online notice that an animal is set to be killed. AB 595 met opposition from Tucker’s California Animal Welfare Association.
The Hayden Act, introduced by California Senator Tom Hayden as Senate Bill 1785 on February 18, 1998, amended California Law as it applies to companion animals. [1]Under the then-existing law, dogs or cats impounded by public pounds or shelters could be killed after 72 hours of being impounded. [1]
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