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South Dakota Animal Cruelty Fighter Wins National Recognition

The Black Hills woman who led the fight to make animal cruelty a felony in South Dakota has won some national recognition. The Animal Legal Defense Fund has named Shari Crouch Kosel one of America's Top Ten Animal Defenders: Shari…

Building on Legislative Victory, SD Animal Cruelty Group Establishes PAC

It had to be a grim Fourth of July for Pat Powers and his friends. He lost his Bosworth-boosting freedom, his texting-while-driving freedom, and his animal-beating freedom. Among the new laws enacted on Tuesday was South Dakota's overdue animal cruelty…

Governor Makes Animal Cruelty a Felony; No Out-State Activists in Sight

Governor Dennis Daugaard signed Senate Bill 46 into law Friday, finally making animal cruelty a felony in South Dakota. And who are all those evil "greenies from out of state" smiling with him as they impose their nefarious critter-worshipping, farm-killing…

SB 46 Passes; Animal Cruelty Soon to Be Felony in South Dakota

South Dakota is on its way to joining the rest of civilized America and punishing animal cruelty as a felony. Senate Bill 46 passed House Judiciary Monday and the full House Tuesday, though a bit more bumpily than it did…

Animal Activism Expresses Basic South Dakota Values

The Pierre Capital Journal falls in with animal rights activists (and Big Ag, and the state vet, and the entire South Dakota Senate...) and says it's about time South Dakota pass Senate Bill 46 and make animal cruelty a felony:…

SB 46: Animal Cruelty Bill Advancing, Shows Grassroots Power… Sort Of

Senate Bill 46, this year's animal cruelty bill, is cruising through the Legislature. Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources passed it unanimously on Tuesday; the full Senate gave SB 46 the same favor on Thursday. False fears of evil out-state animal…