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The ASPCA's Behavioral Rehabilitation Center works with severely fearful dogs rescued from puppy mills and hoarders. The shelter has an 87% success rate in rehabilitating undersocialized dogs.
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About a decade ago, Congress passed a law that criminalized the creation and distribution of videos depicting the torture of animals, but not the actual…
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The PACT Act would be the first national law making severe animal cruelty and torture illegal. An earlier law only banned videos of such acts.
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Syracuse lawmakers voted unanimously Monday to protect animals left outside in extreme temperatures. The legislation, called Adrian’s Law, passed at the…
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Onondaga County could soon be the latest county in the state to follow a trend that puts animal abusers on a comprehensive list.Stephanie Heath, of the…
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Late one night in 2011, Amber Canavan snuck onto a Foie Gras farm in the southern Catskills. Video camera in hand, she recorded what she saw and provided…
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By goldfish standards, a massive rescue mission was carried out once the midway lights went dark on the 2013 run of the New York State Fair.Well after…
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It’s a common procedure at the state fair: step right up and try to win a prize at one of the midway’s many carnival games.Pop a balloon with a dart; sink…
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It will be easier for Syracuse Police to deal with animal emergencies from now on, after a central New York animal cruelty group donated 25 first response…
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The state attorney general’s recently created animal protection initiative has led to the shutdown of two illegal puppy sale operations.The state’s top…