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By Alan S. Nemeth
Interest in the advancement of animal welfare has grown in the United States in recent years. This growth can be seen by the passage of stronger animal welfare laws, including the banning of gestation and veal crates in Maine in 2009, the passage of Proposition 2 in California in 2008 which banned battery cages and gestation and veal crates, and the passage of stricter puppy mill laws in Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Louisiana in 2008. Read on.