Shari Kosel marched against a blizzard of Big Ag baloney last winter when she and fellow South Dakotans fighting animal cruelty brought Senate Bill 171 to the 2013 Legislature. This bill would have upped the penalty for the torture and…
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...SDSU Extension and Press Help! Senate Bill 171—the bill upping the penalty for cruelty to dogs, cats, and horses—comes before the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources committee in Pierre tomorrow (assuming today's snow day for legislators doesn't throw the schedule…
South Dakotans seeking tougher penalties for wanton cruelty to dogs, cats, and horses will get a hearing before the Legislature. Senators Stand Adelstein and Dan Lederman and Reps. Anne Hajek and Paula Hawks have signed on as sponsors to Senate…
My Lead neighbor Shari Kosel mentioned last September that she would try to get some tougher cruelty protections for pets on the books this legislative session. Her group, South Dakotans Fighting Animal Cruelty Together, is following up with a complete…
HB 1098 won't stop Canadian company Powertech from mining for uranium in the southern Black Hills; it only restores the state's authority to regulate such environmentally hazardous activities. Watch "We Are the Land: Uranium Mining in the Black Hills," a…
[Hat tip to Barb in Arizona!] Congresswoman Kristi Noem likes horses. She may also like them with ketchup: Representative Kristi Noem (R-SD) responded to a recently released Government Accountability Office report on horse welfare and slaughter saying that it confirms…