The Daily Populous

Thursday September 14th, 2017 morning edition

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Party lines may be sharply divided regarding issues, but not when it comes to animals and their welfare.

Today, California Assembly Bill 485, the Pet Rescue and Adoption Act, passed the California State Senate by a vote of 38 to 0.

With Assemblymember Rocky Chavez (R-Oceanside) signing on as a co-author and more Republicans voting in favor in both houses, the bill passed with bipartisan support.

The bill's supporters are hoping that Gov. Jerry Brown will sign the historic animal-welfare law into being when it lands on his desk.

AB 485 was authored by Assembly Members Patrick O'Donnell (D-Long Beach) and Matt Dababneh (D-Encino) and sponsored by animal advocacy group Social Compassion in Legislation.

The bill is written to ban the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits sourced from high-volume, commercial breeding facilities, known as mills, in all pet shops throughout the state.

Stores that offer pets for sale will be required to source them from local shelters and rescues. »

Oysters Can Get Herpes, And It’s Killing Them

Authored by smithsonianmag.com

In contrast to Eastern oysters, Pacific oysters were relatively resistant to infectious diseases until OsHV-1 emerged in the early 1990s.

But this approach involves exposing healthy oysters to the virus – and moving oysters infected with OsHV-1 to naive (disease-free) areas could spread the virus.

Oysters can’t move themselves out of harm’s way, nor can we move all susceptible oysters, so we need to protect them where they grow. »

TPS for the Children

Authored by toyotadriverseat.com

Children's Health staff meet daily to review and tweak their processes, in keeping with the principles of the Toyota Production System.

“When you see a sick child at a hospital, it gets pretty emotional,” says Dickson.

“If there’s any way we can do something to help them, we’re going to do it. »

Pressure mounts on Facebook to release campaign ads bought by Russia

Authored by yahoo.com
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“Facebook was secretly paid to host illegal political ads as part of an illegal foreign influence effort,” said the letter to Zuckerberg from Trevor Potter, president of the Campaign Legal Center and a former chairman of the Federal Election Commission.

“We are not aware of any federal law that would prohibit Facebook from making these ads public,” the letter to Zuckerberg continued.

“[B]y hosting these secretly-sponsored Russian political ads, Facebook appears to have been used as an accomplice in a foreign government’s effort to undermine democratic self-governance in the United States. »