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[0] AB 147 [1] Postsecondary education: animal research. [2] Dababneh [4] Support [5] Passed Assembly; In Senate. Ordered to third reading. [3] 
This bill would require any public postsecondary educational institution that confines dogs or cats for science or research purposes and intends to destroy the dog or cat used for those purposes to first offer the dog or cat to an animal adoption organization or animal rescue organization. The bill would not apply to animals suffering from a serious illness or severe injury, or to newborn animals that need maternal care and have been impounded without their mothers.
State Humane Association of California - Legislation
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