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Featured on Snopes today: President Trump signs Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act, koalas reportedly "functionally extinct" in Australia, and a 19th-century "vampire hunting kit."
by Snopes Staff, Nov. 25, 2019
On Nov. 25, U.S. President Donald Trump signed the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act (PACT), which places a federal ban on several specific kinds of animal cruelty and torture. The new legislation amends a 2010 law banning videos and photos depicting cruelty toward animals, Snopes.com’s Dan MacGuill reports, with added provisions criminalizing the underlying acts of cruelty themselves.
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By Snopes Staff
Nov. 26, 2019
Trump signed the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act in November 2019, banning several spe ...
Nov. 26, 2019
An outdated claim that was widely questioned in the first place went viral amid emotional news.
Nov. 25, 2019
The U.S. president took a misleading paraphrase by a Fox News host and claimed it was a direct q ...
Nov. 25, 2019
A 2-year-old who appeared on the children's show in 1971 shares a lot of biographical informatio ...
Nov. 26, 2019
Vampire hunters in the 19th century did not have access to Etsy.com.
May 21, 2015
The use of a pink dye to prevent the poaching of species such as elephants and rhinos is not qui ...
Nov. 25, 2019
Reports of its death are greatly exaggerated, or at least premature.
