Bill to ban octopus farming placed in U.S. Senate

Remember Paul the Octopus? Yeah, the one who became a sensation during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, with his reported “ability” to predict the winners of football matches involving the country he was born and lived in, Germany. At the World Cup, Paul predicted, correctly, the results of all seven matches involving the German team and of the final between Spain and The Netherlands. (For those who did not know, Spain won...

Law introduced in US Senate to crack down on cruelty in ‘puppy mills’

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has welcomed the introduction of a Bill by Senators Richard Blumenthal (Democrat, Connecticut) and Rick Scott (Republican, Florida) to address the “abject failure” of the US Department of Agriculture to enforce the Animal Welfare Act and crack down on animal suffering in federally licensed facilities, including so-called puppy mills. Named Goldie’s Act for a Golden Retriever that was left to suffer and die at a...