Putting More Bite Into Animal-Cruelty Legislation

The Record, Bergen County, NJ › August 29, 2007

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ATLANTA FALCONS quarterback Michael Vick has pleaded guilty to federal dog-fighting charges, but one verdict was already in: America has no tolerance for the cruel and degrading spectacle of dog fighting.

Readers may wonder, then, why Rep. Scott Garrett, R-Wantage, was one of about three dozen lawmakers who recently sided with dog- fighting interests. Garrett voted in March against legislation to upgrade penalties for illegal transportation of fighting dogs the very crime Vick was charged with and he was the only member of Congress from the northeast United States who took that position.

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Putting More Bite Into Animal-Cruelty Legislation

The vast majority of members of Congress supported the Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act to put a stop to precisely the type of behavior that Vic...

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