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Act to Prevent the Cruel and Improper Treatment of Cattle
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vehicles transporting certain animals for slaughter to stop every 28 hours to allow the animals exercise, food and water.
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bans illegal wildlife trafficking. It was the first federal law protecting wild animals.
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The Humane Methods of Slaughter Act requires that animals be stunned into unconsciousness before slaughter, to minimize pain.
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the primary federal animal protection law.
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protects fish, mammals and birds – as well as plants – listed as threatened or endangered in the United States and beyond.
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prohibits any person from engaging in certain conduct "for the purpose of damaging or interfering with the operations of an animal enterprise."
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bans the production, distribution, or sale of videos depicting animal cruelty.
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The law amends previous acts to strengthen the U.S. ban on shark finning, which kills an estimated 73 million sharks each year.
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makes some of the most egregious forms of animal cruelty — specifically crushing, burning, drowning, suffocating, impaling or sexual exploitation — in or affecting interstate commerce or within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States a federal crime.