Word: pets
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Highway Beautification Act of 1965 was one of Lady Bird Johnson's pet projects. Inspired by visions of landscaped and uncluttered thoroughfares, she spearheaded the drive that resulted in a law banning billboards along major rural highways. Skimpy funding slowed down the billboard purge until 1971, but since then some 265,000 have been taken down and another half million slated for removal. Now Lady Bird's accomplishments may well be undermined by legislation expected to emerge from the House Public Works Committee sometime this week...
...Pet Mills...
...Certainly dogs (and cats) are being overbred by puppy and kitten "mills" to be peddled to pet shops and on to the public. Add to that the irresponsible owner who thinks it is just great to have a litter of unwanted puppies or kittens so that the children can see the "miracle of birth." They ought to take the kids out to the animal shelters so that they could also see the miracle of death as thousands of homeless strays are killed every day in this country...
...restaurant. Standing in the doorway, Ferdinand, his large three-year-old St. Bernard, looked on. Di Franco leaned down to pat the dog's head. Without warning, the animal leaped forward and Di Franco felt his face gripped between Ferdinand's powerful, crushing jaws as his pet tore a long gash in his right cheek that took scores of stitches to repair...
...payments and poor administration are major troubles. Many poor people do not know that they can get the stamps; in fact, only 35.7% of the 37 million Americans eligible for the stamps now receive them. Many of the poor who do not get them have been reduced to buying pet food as a source of protein...