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- July 20, 2022
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Envigo Beagle-Breeding-for-Testing at Cumberland Facility Settlement Ends ; “Huge Win for Humanity”

Envigo and DOJ officials announced a settlement in the government’s lawsuit against the Cumberland beagle-breeder-for-medical-testing; 4,000 beagles will be relinquished to the Humane Society of the United States and Envigo will be permanently prohibited from engaging in activity at the facility requiring an Animal Welfare Act license. “This settlement brings to an end the needless suffering […]

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Eric Burk is a reporter at The Virginia Star and The Star News Network. ...
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- June 19, 2022
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Court Allows Envigo to Complete Contracts for Dogs Amid Ongoing Federal Lawsuit

U.S. District Court Judge Norman K. Moon granted beagle-breeder-for-testing Envigo a partial win on Friday, allowing the facility to complete contracts for more than 500 dogs while a Department of Justice lawsuit against the Cumberland facility proceeds. “Those dogs have been abused, and the right thing to do would be to let them be adopted […]

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Eric Burk is a reporter at The Virginia Star and The Star News Network. ...
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- April 15, 2022
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Pacific Legal Foundation Files Lawsuit to End Right to Retrieve Dog Hunting Law

The Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) is following up a 2021 property rights win in the U.S. Supreme Court with a lawsuit over right-to-retrieve law in Virginia, a key piece of dog-hunting practice in the Commonwealth. The PLF says that allowing hunters to go onto private property to retrieve dogs can harm property owners’ privacy, safety, […]

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Eric Burk is a reporter at The Virginia Star and The Star News Network. ...
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- January 22, 2019
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Republican Bill Would Make Abusing Dogs Or Cats A Felony In Virginia

If enacted, when one abuses a cat or dog they could be charged with a Class 6 felony and receive up to five years in prison.

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- May 16, 2018
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A Look Back At Some Odd Bills In The General Assembly.

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While a majority of the General Assembly deals with the big-ticket items like Medicaid expansion, two-year budgets, tax increases or decreases, and bolstering the business sector, there are some pieces of legislation that make it into the capitol that are a bit odd. Looking back at the 2018 General Assembly session, there were a few […]

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Alex Lemieux is a Richmond-based editor with The Republican Standard. ...