A recent Washington bill that goes into effect in June means longer, more consistent sentencing for those convicted of animal cruelty in the first degree.
The Ag, as well as the non-Ag communities in Oregon are being warned of a push to get an initiative on the ballot that could dramatically impact farming across the state. IP-13 would make it a crime to fish and hunt, but it would also remove a lot of the exemptions the Ag community currently enjoys
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