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		<title>The Growing Arena of Animal Law: Recession, Stricter Protections Propel Ever-evolving Nature of Animal Law Cases</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems that hardly a week goes by without news of another case of animal neglect or cruelty. From starving horses whose owners could no longer afford to feed them to hoarders who take in more cats than they can manage to animals that are tortured, the stories are prolific. These stories, while heartbreaking, are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hosting a Dog? Check Your Insurance Coverage</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By ANN CARRNS, New York Times/ Bucks Blog If you are hosting dogs and accepting fees, then that’s a business, and if it’s a business, then you wouldn’t be covered under your homeowner’s policy. As with some other peer-to-peer services, however, DogVacay’s model raises some questions for potential dog hosts to consider. For starters, there’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dog Bites Can Raise Your Insurance Premiums</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By ANN CARRNS, New York Times/ Bucks Blog Dog bites continue to represent one-third of the payout dollars for homeowner liability claims, according to the latest data from the Insurance Information Institute and State Farm Insurance. Insurers paid more than $489 million for such claims last year, according to the institute, an industry group. http://bucks.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/27/dog-bites-can-raise-your-insurance-premiums/?smid=pl-share]]></description>
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		<title>Animal Law Courses Announced for Summer of 2013 at Lewis &amp; Clark Law School</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Center for Animal Law Studies in collaboration with the Animal Legal Defense Fund, at Lewis &#038; Clark Law School is pleased to announce its 2013 summer session courses are open for registration! All five classes are open to visiting students and auditors, and are great CLE opportunities. Our excellent summer faculty include: Peter Brandt, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Administration Proposes Ban on Slaughter of Horses for Human Consumption</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration has included a proposal in its 2014 budget that would effectively ban the slaughter of horses for human consumption. Technically, the proposal would prevent money from being spent on inspection of horse slaughtering facilities. Without inspections, facilities could not legally operate. The proposal was greeted enthusiastically by horse lovers and animal advocacy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USDA May Approve Horse Slaughter Plant</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 00:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times reports on February 28, 2013 that the United States Department of Agriculture is likely to approve a horse slaughtering plant in New Mexico in the next two months, which would allow equine meat suitable for human consumption to be produced in the United States for the first time since 2007. Please [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Housecat Travels 200 Miles Home</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nobody knows how it happened: an indoor housecat who got lost on a family excursion managing, after two months and about 200 miles, to return to her hometown. Even scientists are baffled by how Holly, a 4-year-old tortoiseshell who in early November became separated from Jacob and Bonnie Richter at an R.V. rally in Daytona [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oregon School Announces World&#8217;s First Advanced Degree in Animal Law</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lewis &#038; Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon has announced the school&#8217;s proposal for an Animal Law LL.M. program received approval from the American Bar Association and the school&#8217;s Board of Trustees. The new program is expected to launch in the fall of 2012. Read more here.]]></description>
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		<title>Pit Bulls in the Pacific Northwest</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Melissa Walton In February, 2009 Oregon State Senator Bruce Starr introduced legislation aimed at banning pit bull ownership in the state of Oregon. Over 4,000 signatures were gathered in opposition to the proposed pit bull ban, and the controversial bill never became law in Oregon. After this bill failed, Representative Berger introduced a bill [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Animals can be crime victims in Oregon</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Melissa Walton In State v. Nix (2012 WL 3105223) the Oregon Court of Appeals has held that animals are the victims for purposes of animal neglect statutes. This case started in 2010 when investigators found emaciated horses and goats and several dead animals on Nix&#8217;s property. Nix was charged with 20 counts of second [...]]]></description>
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