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Barking mad: Owners of obese dogs and fat cats could face jail under controversial new rules | Mail Online
dailymail.co.uk - 11/6/2008
Barking mad: Owners of obese dogs and fat cats could face jail under controversial new rules | Mail Online
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SCOTT PLENDERLEITH & FAT CAT TIGGER Fat cat: Overfeeding pets is a 'serious welfare concern'

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Overlawyered — ... Jonathan Lee Riches files third-party brief in World of Warcraft case [Duranske, Virtually Blind] # Uh-oh: new White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is on record as a supporter of “universal citizen service” [Lindgren @ Volokh] # Ralph Nader is vile (but you knew that) [Weigel, Reason "Hit and Run"] # U.K.: new pet welfare regs could mean jail for owners who fail to put obese dogs and cats on a diet [Daily Mail] # Frum: GOP future should be in going after educated voters [ ...

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The Agitator — The battle for the individualist right. I don’t know.  I think the last eight years have shown that if you still believe in individualism, you really aren’t part of “the right.” CBS tech writer throws cold water on online predator hysteria. Too bad it’d take a couple thousand articles like this one to undo the hysteria sown by Chris Hansen. So this is satire, right? Right? British pet owners could face jail time for letting their animals get fat. …and then John McCain selected her as ...

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