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hack89

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4. Yes they can

Reply to G_j (Reply #3)

Thu Jan 31, 2013, 01:58 PM

Jan 2013

Last edited Thu Jan 31, 2013, 02:37 PM - Edit history (1)

they shouldn't but they can. Humans have the Constitution which allows the Federal government to intervene to ensure states respects Constitutional rights. Animals have no legally recognized universal rights.

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If this Anti-Trapping petition gets 100,000 signatures in 30 days [View all] G_j Jan 2013 OP

Done. Thanks. n/t Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #1

No can do. Xithras Jan 2013 #2

so then can states make cruelty to animals legal? G_j Jan 2013 #3

Yes they can hack89 Jan 2013 #4

Err....yes they could, if they wanted. Xithras Jan 2013 #5