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Poll Shows 72 Percent Support L.A. Ordinance Banning 'Tools of Torment' from Rodeo

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Monday, November 14, 2022

A poll of 600 Los Angeles residents found that 72 percent support banning prods, flank straps, and other tools that force animals to perform.

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  • A poll of 600 Los Angeles residents found that 72 percent support banning prods, flank straps, and other tools that force animals to perform.
  • In order to encourage aggressive bucking, they are routinely fitted with tight flank straps, kicked with spurs, and shocked with high-voltage electric prods.
  • In recent years, LCA helped organize a grassroots effort to get the Los Angeles City Council to pass this ordinance.
  • The poll showed strong support for the ordinance across all demographic groups, including 70 percent approval among Black respondents and 67 percent among Latino respondents.

National Press Club awards Shradha Dinesh the 2021 Richard G. Zimmerman Award for Studies in Journalism

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Monday, September 27, 2021

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Press Club, the world's leading professional organization for journalists, has chosen Shradha Dinesh of Ashburn, Va., as the winner of its 2021 Richard G. Zimmerman Award.

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  • WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Press Club, the world's leading professional organization for journalists, has chosen Shradha Dinesh of Ashburn, Va., as the winner of its 2021 Richard G. Zimmerman Award.
  • Dinesh is one of dozens of award winners who will be honored at the National Press Club's Annual Journalism Awards Dinner, to be held virtually from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on December 8, 2021.
  • The National Press Club's Journalism Awards celebrate the best in American broadcast and print journalism.
  • Beth Francesco for the National Press Club Journalism Institute; [email protected]
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