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Ag Dept Gives Legislators O.K. on SB 46, Animal Cruelty Bill

Senate Bill 46, the animal cruelty bill that would finally end South Dakota's embarrassing status as the only state in the Union not to issue felony penalties for such sadistic behavior toward our four-legged friends, gets its first hearing Tuesday…

U.S. Senate Candidate Rhoden Advocates Killing Dogs with Fencing Pliers

If evil greenies from elsewhere really were driving South Dakota to make animal cruelty a felony, they'd have a heyday with this headline. In a briefing on Senate Bill 46 with state veterinarian Dustin Oedekoven, State Senator Larry Rhoden (R-29/Union…

Rep. Betty Olson: Big Ag Caving to “Evil” “Greenies”

In the Hidebound Worldview Department, Queen of Crotchety Commentary Rep. Betty Olson (R-28B/Prairie City) now dismisses the ag-industrial lobby, as well as the state veterinarian and a bunch of other South Dakotans, as dastards and dupes. Rep. Olson is vowing…

North Dakota Passes Animal Cruelty Bill Tougher Than Failed SD Measure

South Dakota's ag-industrial lobby freaked out over Senate Bill 171, a measure to make cruelty to dogs, cats, and horses a felony. Lobbyists and legislators quickly snuffed out that bill on baseless fears that out-state animal activists would use this…