Latest Fact-Checks In Animals

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Tom Tiffany
Tom Tiffany
stated on April 30, 2024 X, formerly Twitter
“The science is clear — the gray wolf has met and exceeded recovery goals.”
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By Laura Schulte • May 21, 2024
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on October 11, 2022 an ad
A dog endured “unimaginable pain and suffering” during heart research experiments, “just one of 300 killed in (Dr. Mehmet) Oz’s lab.”
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October 19, 2022
Ashley Hinson
Ashley Hinson
stated on March 6, 2022 a tweet
California has instituted a "bacon ban."
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March 11, 2022
Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
stated on August 11, 2021 an OAN broadcast.
Solar panel farms cause “hundreds and thousands” of birds to “hit that magnified sun, explode in flame ... (This) is going to bring the nation down.”
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By Jason Asenso • August 17, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 21, 2020 a Facebook post
Says a 392-year-old shark was discovered in the Arctic Ocean  
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By Samantha Putterman • January 28, 2020
Jimmy Anderson
Jimmy Anderson
stated on May 29, 2019 a tweet
Republicans on the budget-writing committee "did nothing" to address oversight of large-scale farms, "as literal manure is coming out of people’s faucets. 
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By Mica Soellner • June 11, 2019
Alexander Strenger
Alexander Strenger
stated on October 1, 2018 response cited in an interactive voter guide
Says 60 percent of Austin’s "waterways are found to be contaminated with fecal matter and deemed unsafe to swim."
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By W. Gardner Selby • October 16, 2018
Southwest Farm Press
Southwest Farm Press
stated on January 22, 2018 a news story
"Texas is home to more feral pigs than any other state — an estimated 50 percent to 75 percent of all feral swine in the nation."
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 1, 2018
Stacy White
Stacy White
stated on June 2, 2016 a Hillsborough County Commission meeting
Says it's not true that Florida black bears are an "apex predator."
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By Joshua Gillin • June 8, 2016
Minka Kelly
Minka Kelly
stated on May 10, 2016 a post on Instagram
"By the time you drink your coffee, an elephant is killed for its ivory tusks."
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By Linda Qiu • May 17, 2016
Limberbutt McCubbins
Limberbutt McCubbins
stated on July 9, 2015 comments on his website.
"Limberbutt McCubbins (a five-year-old cat) is a candidate" in the 2016 presidential election.
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By Linda Qiu • July 14, 2015
SeaWorld
SeaWorld
stated on March 24, 2015 an ad
"Whales live as long at SeaWorld" as they do in the wild.
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By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson • March 24, 2015
Donna Nesselbush
Donna Nesselbush
stated on March 6, 2015 a commentary
"In an average grocery store, roughly 75 percent of processed foods contain genetically modified organisms, or GMOs."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Mark Reynolds • March 22, 2015
Peter DeFazio
Peter DeFazio
stated on February 12, 2015 an interview on MSNBC
"Monarch butterflies are becoming extinct" because of increased use of crops genetically modified to withstand pesticides.
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By Lauren Carroll • February 17, 2015
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
stated on October 8, 2013 a robo-call and video
"Live cats have holes drilled into their skulls," posts put into their heads and coils put into their eyes, and some have had their ears cut off or are intentionally deafened or starved at UW-Madison labs that do research to improve hearing in humans.
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October 18, 2013
Al Gore
Al Gore
stated on June 11, 2013 a keynote address
The ocean is now "much more acidic . . . than it has been for many millions of years."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 22, 2013
American Bird Conservancy
American Bird Conservancy
stated on March 29, 2013 a press release
A proposed bill in the Florida Legislature "would authorize the public hoarding of cats by feral cat activists."
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By Amy Sherman • April 16, 2013
Joe Negron
Joe Negron
stated on April 10, 2013 a gaggle of reporters
Says PETA "is using this really fancy drone to follow hunters around in some places in other countries."
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By Katie Sanders • April 12, 2013
Peter Palumbo
Peter Palumbo
stated on January 22, 2013 a news release
Driving with a dog in your lap is dangerous, in part, because it could fly forward in a crash. "An 80-pound dog at only 30 mph packs a 2,400-pound punch."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 30, 2013
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on June 19, 2012 a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate
"No one in Rhode Island -- not just children, no one in Rhode Island -- should eat more than one serving of freshwater fish caught in our state each month."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 2, 2012
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