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Is It Time to Abolish Three Strikes? "The Return" Follows Newly Released Inmates Into the World
ReasonTV
California has released more than 1,500 inmates from prison since 2012. What happens next?

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The Return, which debuts tonight on PBS, is a documentary that follows the journey of several former California prison inmates as they re-enter the world after serving decades behind bars under Three Strikes sentencing. Three Strikes passed in 1994 in the state and requires a mandatory sentence of 25 years to life for a third felony conviction. California voters modified the law in 2012 by passing Prop 36, which allowed for the resentencing and release of convicts whose third strike was a non-violent, non-serious offense. Since then, the courts have released more than 1,500 California inmates from prison. 
Milk in Reverse
PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)
Cows produce milk for the same reason that humans do—to nourish their young—but calves on dairy farms are taken away from their mothers when they are just 1 day old so that their mothers’ milk can be sold to humans.


Female cows are artificially inseminated shortly after their first birthdays. After giving birth, they lactate for 10 months and are then inseminated again, continuing the cycle. Some spend their entire lives standing on concrete floors; others are confined to massive, crowded lots, where they are forced to live amid their own feces.

Cows have a natural lifespan of about 20 years and can produce milk for eight or nine years. However, the stress caused by the conditions on factory farms leads to disease, lameness, and reproductive problems that render cows worthless to the dairy industry by the time that they’re 4 or 5 years old, at which time they are sent to be slaughtered.
Critically Ill Badger Cub - A Message From Simon
Wildlife Aid
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Two vets spent nearly all day on Friday literally bringing the poor, cold badger cub back from near death. From an undetectable heartbeat and non-readable temperature, after two hours, the little cub began to show some signs of recovery. By mid-afternoon, we dared to hope that she was a little more stable with her temperature now only one degree below normal and a steady pulse.

Suddenly, though, a short while later, she suffered a serious fit and had to be sedated, but, once more, rallied, showing signs of stabilising by midnight, when she appeared to be much more quiet and peaceful. With the drip still attached, we left her to sleep, checking in on her every hour throughout the night and, by 8am the next morning, she was showing signs of movement and consciousness. But, at 08.27, her breathing became erratic and she died shortly afterwards – needless to say we were totally distraught.
How Long Do Outdoor Cats Live?
PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)
Trap-neuter-release, or “TNR”, may sound nice, but the grim reality for the estimated 80 million homeless cats struggling to survive outdoors is far worse than it sounds.

Feral and homeless cats are not super-felines—they’re identical to the cats who share our homes, and they deserve to be treated with the same care and respect. If we wouldn’t throw our own cats out onto the mean streets, we shouldn’t agree with abandoning any cat to that fate.


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