The Cheyenne Animal Shelter is asking for help after rescuing 58 “giant” dogs and 40 birds from a hoarder’s house. The CEO called it the biggest challenge she’s ever faced.
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More than $20,000 was raised on Monday for Wyoming animal shelters in honor of late actress Betty White, who was a known animal lover.
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A lot of my ag friends are switching social media platforms, leaving Facebook (FB) for greener pastures. Green as in $$, since FB’s commerce policy forbids posts that “promote the sale of any animals.” Although animal-sale posts are still rampant on the platform, FB began cracking down on the posts in the last few years and has increased that activity in the last few months.
A last-minute compromise in Wyoming’s Legislature this week restored a felony penalty to the state’s animal cruelty laws.
Significant Senate changes to a bill originally designed to create a felony crime of animal cruelty were rejected Monday by representatives.
A measure that would have made it a felony to repeatedly abuse animals is heading for a Senate review, but without the felony penalty language.
