Protecting Animal Rights: A Quiet Revolution

The querulous political scene seems to have blocked progress on many social issues, but there's a quiet social revolution underway that no amount of partisan bickering appears able to stop: the movement toward more compassionate treatment of animals and the increasingly serious punishment of animal abusers. According to the Humane Society of the United States, every state in the nation has enacted some sort of anti-cruelty law to protect animals from abuse. Misdemeanor laws have been commonplace for decades, but here's where the revolution starts to roll. As of last month, 46 states had ...

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