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Love it! Thanks to blog reader Bruce for sharing :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11300561.post-62254162000621145762014-02-16T09:11:00.003-08:002014-02-16T09:11:53.754-08:00Some more great newsApologies (yet again) for how little I post on this blog anymore. This start-a-museum thing has really become quite the project!<br />
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Anywho, as I've said before (and anyone reading this blog likely agrees with as well), an improvement in any oppressed group's rights tends to be good for other groups and the progress of society in general. On that front, there were a couple of great developments in gay rights that are definitely worth mentioning. <br />
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Last week, the Justice Department <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/justice-department-to-give-married-same-sex-couples-sweeping-equal-protection/2014/02/08/36eafcae-90cc-11e3-b227-12a45d109e03_story.html" target="_blank">announced</a> that it will require all of its employees nationwide to truly give equal protection under the law to all lawful same-sex marriages - from the right to alimony in a divorce, to visiting a spouse in prison, the right not to have to testify against a spouse in court, etc.. All of it!<br />
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Just a few days earlier, Scotland's parliament <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-25960225" target="_blank">passed</a> a bill to allow same-sex marriages. The bill is similar to the one that the British parliament recently passed. The first same-sex marriages in the U.K. are set to take place at the end of March.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11300561.post-51926465177580696092014-02-16T08:55:00.005-08:002014-02-16T08:55:49.318-08:00York becomes first city in Britain to ban 'cruel' foie gras<blockquote class="tr_bq">
A council has become the first in the UK to pass a motion banning the sale of controversial delicacy foie gras in its city.<br />
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a meeting in York, councillors voted in favour of a motion put forward
by local Labour councillor Paul Blanchard, who suggested earlier this
year that the members should oppose, in principle, the sale of the food
anywhere in the city.</blockquote>
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Read the rest of the article in the U.K.'s <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-485811/York-city-Britain-ban-cruel-foie-gras.html" target="_blank">Mail Online</a>...<br />
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Yay! Thanks to author and activist Mark Hawthorne for the heads-up on this one!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11300561.post-65643439309023094732014-01-28T11:36:00.000-08:002014-01-28T11:36:22.446-08:00King Amendment Officially Rejected!Great news! The <a href="http://agriculture.house.gov/press-release/first-public-meeting-2013-farm-bill-conference-committee-announced">Farm Bill Conference Committee</a> just released its conference report containing the final version of the
U.S. Farm Bill. We can thankfully relay that the dreaded King Amendment
is nowhere to be found in any of the 949 pages that will be sent to the
full House and Senate for a final vote.<br />
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Click here for the rest of the <a href="http://aldf.org/blog/king-amendment-officially-rejected/" target="_blank">ALDF press release</a>... Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11300561.post-76476945274662918922014-01-04T09:58:00.003-08:002014-01-04T09:58:58.212-08:00Blood in the Sand: Killing a Turtle Advocate Another thoughtful but extremely concerning article... this time from <a href="http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/nature/Blood-in-the-Sand-Costa-Rica-Hunting-Sea-Turtles.html?page=all" target="_blank">Outside Magazine</a>... and about the illegal trade in sea turtle eggs. (Why can't we just leave everyone and everything alone?) Again, courtesy of blog reader Bruce.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11300561.post-69616744325090361322014-01-03T18:29:00.001-08:002014-01-03T18:29:11.090-08:00The illegal horn trade; it's not just for elephants anymore...Sad but timely article on another increasingly hot illegal trade item in this <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/printer/articles/175677-the-irish-clan-behind-europes-rhino-horn-theft-epidemic//" target="_blank">Bloomberg Businessweek</a> article... thanks to blog reader Bruce for the heads-up on this. <br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11300561.post-12565053949436265012014-01-03T18:25:00.001-08:002014-01-03T18:25:39.595-08:00Happy New Year!Ok, a little late but better late than never, eh?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11300561.post-28114754728256754462013-12-30T21:07:00.001-08:002013-12-30T21:07:15.607-08:00Phoenix bans sale of dogs and cats in pet stores!Phoenix, Ariz., now joins the ranks of <a href="http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/west-hollywood-becomes-first-fur-free-city-in-the-u-s/">West Hollywood, Calif.</a>; El Paso, Texas; Albuquerque, N.M.; Fountain, Colo.; Coral Gables, Fla.; and <a href="http://bestfriends.org/Resources/No-Kill-Resources/Puppy-mill-initiatives/Fighting-Puppy-Mills/Jurisdictions-with-retail-pet-sale-bans/">35 other U.S. and Canadian cities</a> in banning the sale of both dogs and cats in pet stores! Woohoo!<br />
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(The "[w]oohoo" is actually from the author of the article, although I couldn't agree more. So nice to see positive legislation moving the ball down the field, rather than having to litigate every last nasty inch. Read the rest of the <a href="http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/phoenix-bans-sale-of-dogs-and-cats-in-pet-stores/" target="_blank">onegreenplanet article here...</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11300561.post-64774483445601409802013-11-13T21:08:00.002-08:002013-11-13T21:08:27.590-08:00The Most Senseless Environmental Crime of the 20th CenturyApologies for the absence from blogging. Really just been swamped trying to start this museum. Between the meetings and the planning and the coordinating... reminds me of that scene from The Princess Bride:<br />
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<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001697/?ref_=tt_trv_qu"><span class="character">Prince Humperdinck</span></a>:
[<span class="fine">sincerely</span>]
Tyrone, you know how much I love watching you work, but I've got my
country's 500th anniversary to plan, my wedding to arrange, my wife to
murder and Guilder to frame for it; I'm swamped. </blockquote>
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Ah well. At any rate, I was moved to post tonight after reading this <a href="http://www.psmag.com/environment/the-senseless-environment-crime-of-the-20th-century-russia-whaling-67774" target="_blank">Pacific Standard Magazine </a>article... well-written but unfortunately profoundly sad. Thanks to blog reader Bruce for the forward.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11300561.post-61694156390502812662013-09-26T10:10:00.002-07:002013-09-26T10:10:53.230-07:00Big Oregon ruling!<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">This from HSUS Oregon state director Scott Beckstead:</span><br />
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">IMPORTANT
RULING TODAY BY THE OREGON COURT OF APPEALS: The Oregon Court of
Appeals has ruled that the emergency aid exception to the search and
seizure warrant requirement applies to animals. This is a case that
originated in Douglas County, Oregon, and involved Grace, the little
brown mare who became a worldwide celebrity for her will to survive
after being horribly abused. Combined with the ruling in State v. Nix,
which held that individual animals are crime victims just like people, I
must say Oregon courts are definitely moving in the right direction....
The case is State v. Fessenden.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11300561.post-7646279308868777002013-09-21T11:16:00.004-07:002013-09-21T11:16:34.797-07:00West Hollywood fur ban takes effect today!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The City of West Hollywood leads the nation again!<br />
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Local merchants are outraged... yadda yadda yadda (meh, get over it!). Read all about it in this <a href="http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-west-hollywood-fur-ban-20130920,0,5394726.story" target="_blank">L.A. Times article</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11300561.post-59511149475253809002013-09-18T10:15:00.002-07:002013-09-18T10:15:24.613-07:00One Northern CA PD forges forward into the 20th century....The Sacramento Bee is reporting that the Merced Police Dept. is changing its policy from literally allowing officers to take "severely injured" animals out back to be shot... to requiring them to bring in a vet to determine whether the animal should be treated or euthanized (by injection).<br />
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This is a step forward, of course. But it's mind-blowing (at least to me) to be reading this 13 years into the 21st century already. You can read the article for yourself <a href="http://www.sacbee.com/2013/09/17/5745151/merced-police-changes-its-policy.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Thanks to Ledy VanKavage for the heads-up on this one.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11300561.post-45409697508150147882013-08-31T07:41:00.005-07:002013-08-31T07:41:53.969-07:00CA Appellate Court Upholds Foie Gras Ban!Way to go, ALDF!<br />
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<a href="http://aldf.org/blog/california-court-upholds-foie-gras-ban/">http://aldf.org/blog/california-court-upholds-foie-gras-ban/</a><a href="http://aldf.org/blog/california-court-upholds-foie-gras-ban/" target="_blank">http://aldf.org/blog/california-court-upholds-foie-gras-ban/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11300561.post-85974726539105886082013-08-19T22:10:00.003-07:002013-08-19T22:10:46.125-07:00Illinois Gov. signs "puppy lemon law"Meant to post this Saturday! Thank you, Gov. Quinn.<br />
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<a href="http://m.nbcchicago.com/nbcchicago/pm_107733/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=MEAXjfnN">http://m.nbcchicago.com/nbcchicago/pm_107733/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=MEAXjfnN</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11300561.post-85692114501568354522013-07-30T08:25:00.003-07:002013-07-30T08:25:26.607-07:00Just in case you didn't catch this over the weekend...FABULOUS editorial in the NY Times this past Sunday, by a writer who really sees the big picture. YAY!!! Read it<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/28/opinion/sunday/can-we-see-our-hypocrisy-to-animals.html?_r=0" target="_blank"> here</a>...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11300561.post-4164983438734956132013-07-12T12:30:00.003-07:002013-07-12T12:30:52.369-07:00Harbinger of change?As someone who's actually litigated one of these awful cases, I was encouraged to see that an article of this nature appearing in <a href="http://www.lifewithdogs.tv/2013/07/law-enforcement-today-article-advises-police-not-to-kill-family-dogs/" target="_blank">Law Enforcement Today</a>. Not that an article is enforceable, but hopefully it is at least a sign that the culture of shoot-first-ask-later may be ready to change...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11300561.post-11641217400583444732013-07-05T11:57:00.003-07:002013-07-05T11:57:47.008-07:00Foie Gras is Not Free Speech!You go, ALDF!<br />
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<a href="http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/iteam&id=9161387">http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/iteam&id=9161387</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11300561.post-61065499051384254342013-06-04T10:26:00.004-07:002013-06-04T10:26:59.090-07:00Mo' great animal welfare news! - Pigs The Canadian Pork Council and the National Animal Care Council have agreed to phase out the use of all gestation stalls for pregnant sows in Canada by
the year 2024. Read more in today's <a href="http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2013/06/gestation-crates-being-phased-out-across-canada/#.Ua4hNpzm1mM" target="_blank">Food Safety News</a>...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11300561.post-35289392341878177942013-06-04T10:25:00.000-07:002013-06-04T10:25:29.231-07:00Lots of great animal welfare news today! - HorsesYesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed - without opposition - a measure to protect a wild herd of horses that roam along North Carolina's Outer Banks. The <a href="http://www.sacbee.com/2013/06/03/5468051/aspca-welcomes-us-house-passage.html" target="_blank">Sacramento Bee</a> has more...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11300561.post-11421197113088942302013-05-30T11:27:00.001-07:002013-05-30T11:27:07.184-07:00Illinois House ok's so-called puppy lemon law<a href="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1160901/thumbs/s-PUPPY-LEMON-LAW-ILLINOIS-large.jpg?7" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="146" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1160901/thumbs/s-PUPPY-LEMON-LAW-ILLINOIS-large.jpg?7" width="200" /></a>Pet owners who unknowingly purchase a sick dog or cat would have new
consumer protection measures on their side under a new bill that was
approved by the Illinois House Monday.<br />
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Read more in this <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/28/puppy-lemon-law-illinois-_n_3347879.html" target="_blank">Huffington Post</a> article...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11300561.post-10336111427657424312013-05-23T10:45:00.000-07:002013-05-23T10:45:38.755-07:00A view from the front lines...Apologies for the gap in blogging... been busy with putting together the Animal History Museum fundraiser and then we were invited to exhibit at WorldFest in LA...<br />
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Anywho, great article on hopefully how the tide is turning in the ag-gag saga from <a href="http://www.laweekly.com/2013-05-23/eat-drink/animal-rights-activists-winning-war/" target="_blank">LA Weekly</a> today. <br />
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Thanks much to blog reader Bruce for the heads-up!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11300561.post-43316371441511332782013-04-24T09:41:00.002-07:002013-04-24T09:41:25.169-07:00Adam Karp does it again!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A judge has almost doubled what the city of Des Moines must pay to the
owners of Rosie, a dog shot and killed by police in 2010. He added
$50,000 in attorney’s costs and fees to the $51,000 the city had agreed
to pay the owners. <br />
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Read more in today's <a href="http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2020845240_rosiethedogxml.html" target="_blank">Seattle Times</a>...<br />
<br />And here are some excerpts from a transcript that should hopefully go down in history as an animal law classic:<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">(Background: On Jan. 29, 2013, the Wrights accepted an Offer of Judgment for $51,000. Defendants continued to haggle over certain points and filed a brief.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">On
Apr. 1, 2013, United States District Court Judge for the Western District of
Washington James Robart asked for oral argument. He began by asking defense
counsel to respond to four issues: (1) that the Wrights failed to comply with a
condition precedent (i.e., not dismissing the officers before judgment was
entered); (2) the lodestar multiplier for the exceptional result; (3) the
impact solicited donations have, if any, on the motion for fees; and (4) that
the officers were not subject to a criminal charge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">On
the first issue, the court said: "It seems to me that this is your
language. You wrote it, and it doesn't put any temporal dimension to it. And
now you are saying he is in violation of something that doesn't exist."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">On
the second issue: "And I believe that a limited lodestar addition is
appropriate. And, therefore, I am ordering 1.3 times the $38,000 number, for
total fees and costs, inclusive of everything, of $50,162.78."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">On
the third issue: "I don't believe that the solicitation of public
donations makes any difference in this. Counsel's argument under the Corder
case ignores the fact that what the court said was, 'non-settling defendant is
entitled to offset attorney's fees owed by the amount already paid by settling defendants.'
That is a double recovery rule, and that is not the situation we have here,
where people wish to contribute to a fund to finance litigation in support of
the principles that they believe in, namely, don't shoot dogs."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">On
the fourth issue: "It is not uncommon in this court for a person who
brings a 1983 claim against the police to simultaneously file an investigation
charge and ask the police accountability board to investigate and then use that
as evidence in their 1983 action. That happens all the time. And so I don't
think I follow your argument on this. ... You challenged that as
unconstitutional and got slapped down immediately. But what other mechanism
does someone have when they believe that the police are not enforcing the law,
they are operating above the law? And now you say, well, when they did that,
that is completely outside the bounds of a claim against them."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">On
the issue of Mr. Karp's fee: "I have considered the question of hourly
rates. And I was unimpressed with the claim that Mr. Karp ought to get paid the
same as someone who is working for the City. I would suggest that Ms. Ragonesi
is probably underpaid, most likely on a billing rate arrangement that is
between her law firm and her client."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">And
defense counsel's argument in briefing that the Wrights failed in their
"unsupported, unnecessary, and <u>unsuccessful </u>private
criminal persecution against Officers Graddon and Wieland" drew this:
"Persecutions, you know, let's go back in history here. The treatment of
the Jews by the Pharoahs in Ancient Egypt, that was a persecution. What Nazi
Germany did in the Third Reich, that is a persecution. The expulsion of the
Acadian people out of Nova Scotia, that is considered a persecution. The
treatment of the Aborigines in early Australia, that is a persecution. Ethnic
cleansing is a persecution. When someone seeks to believe, rightly or wrongly,
that they are attempting to bring these people to justice, that is not a
persecution. If you read the word in the in the dictionary, it stands for a
systematic attack based on a belief. What belief did the police have? I read
your stuff carefully. The front page uses the words 'overreaching,'
'unjustified,' 'artificially inflated,' 'outrageous,' 'unsupported,'
'unnecessary,' 'unsuccessful,' and 'persecution.' Counsel, that is just
terrible writing. It shows a lack of civility. And I am surprised at you, and I
am disappointed. That is not how you conduct yourself around here. I mean, what
are you trying to accomplish with those words?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">In
conclusion, the court awarded $50,162.78 in fees and costs to be paid in
fifteen days of his ruling. Within two days, the Wrights were then to dismiss
the officers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">On
Apr. 15, 2013, the Washington Cities Insurance Authority paid $101,162.78.</span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11300561.post-13952456008520687352013-03-18T15:51:00.000-07:002013-03-18T15:51:16.591-07:00Art Night & Auction!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhohnwzIm-WNjZ82Irfa85py5vFCuJl4UvsChNApg8P177b_H83O1kCYiN81fUzZOCdW5yPaOMnJAPEgxqnJFSlYJx1JKLNH2AWrfGmhhx4o-rOlj-g7cLQeh69PoVVA_vabwsJ/s1600/Postcard+-+artnight+-+front+-+use+this+plsII+-+slightly+larger.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhohnwzIm-WNjZ82Irfa85py5vFCuJl4UvsChNApg8P177b_H83O1kCYiN81fUzZOCdW5yPaOMnJAPEgxqnJFSlYJx1JKLNH2AWrfGmhhx4o-rOlj-g7cLQeh69PoVVA_vabwsJ/s320/Postcard+-+artnight+-+front+-+use+this+plsII+-+slightly+larger.jpg" width="217" /></a></div>
The Animal History Museum is holding its big spring event on May 17th - "Art Night & Auction!" Sip champagne and nibble on appetizers, wander the indoor/outdoor space of a private gallery in North Hollywood, plus bid on some wonderful art - including a custom "pet portrait" of your favorite companion by the whimsical and fabulous Rebecca Fischer!<br />
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More information about the event is on our <a href="http://animalhistorymuseum.org/?page_id=2054" target="_blank">webpage</a>. If you're too excited and feel the urge to skip straight to buying tickets (and by all means, don't resist the urge!), tickets are available on <a href="http://animalhistorymuseum.eventbrite.com/#" target="_blank">Eventbrite</a>. Even if you're not going to be in California, please considering supporting the Animal History Museum. A <a href="http://animalhistorymuseum.org/?page_id=802" target="_blank">gift</a> in any amount is always welcome; and since AHM is a registered 501(c)(3), all donations, ticket sales and art purchases are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11300561.post-21932421555004343022013-03-12T20:33:00.000-07:002013-03-18T15:51:11.876-07:002nd Cir copy-shoots-dog decisionDisappointing, but here it is: <a href="http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/new-york/nywdce/6:2007cv06123/63625/84" target="_blank">Carroll v. County of Monroe</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0