STATE BANS WILDLIFE KILLING CONTESTS; PACE STUDENTS SUPPORT MEASURE
The Examiner News adds to the coverage of Pace Animal Advocacy Clinic’s efforts to lobby for a law that bans wildlife killing contests in New York (Gov. Kathy Hochul recently signed the bill into law).
“Anyone can decide an animal is a ‘nuisance’ animal,” explained Michelle Land, professor of environmental law and policy at Pace University in Pleasantville and the chief faculty member of the Pace Animal Advocacy Clinic.
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