Latest Fact-Checks In Animals

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Brad Holyman-Sigal
Brad Holyman-Sigal
stated on February 26, 2024 a press release
“Nearly a quarter million birds in New York City, and more than one billion across the country, die each year from collisions with buildings.”
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By Jefrey Canova, Ciaran Conneely • March 24, 2024
Joe Cunningham
Joe Cunningham
stated on March 7, 2019 a U.S. House hearing
"Seismic airgun blasting (used for energy exploration) is ... 16,000 times louder than" a conventional airhorn.
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By Jon Greenberg • March 15, 2019
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on November 5, 2018 a tweet
"Hunters contribute more than $500 million" to West Virginia.
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By Douglas Soule • December 10, 2018
Will Herring
Will Herring
stated on March 6, 2017 a San Antonio Express-News news story
"There’s not one public study, and by public study I mean a study available to the public, that has looked at using the product Kaput to poison feral hogs."
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 16, 2017
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on November 22, 2015 an interview
The Milwaukee County executive can sell the public "museum, the airport and the zoo" -- all on his own, without County Board approval  
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December 3, 2015
Jack Hanna
Jack Hanna
stated on August 2, 2015 an ABC "This Week" interview
"In 1947, when I was born, there were about 450,000 lions. In the mid-70s, when my kids were born, there were about 100,000. Today, there are less than 30,000."
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By Will Cabaniss • August 3, 2015
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on July 21, 2015 a radio show.
"All (Maryland) crabs are born in Virginia."
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By Warren Fiske • July 27, 2015
Hugh Fitzsimons
Hugh Fitzsimons
stated on January 19, 2014 a blog post on campaign website
Female buffalo lead the herd.
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By Sue Owen • February 11, 2014
Louise Slaughter
Louise Slaughter
stated on October 9, 2013 an interview on MSNBC
"Eighty percent of the antibiotics in this country are fed to livestock."
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By Becky Bowers • October 15, 2013
Cynthia Lummis
Cynthia Lummis
stated on August 23, 2013 a radio interview
Under the Endangered Species Act, "only 1 percent of the species that have been listed have actually been delisted."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 3, 2013
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on June 12, 2013 a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate
The oceans "have become 30 percent more acidic."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 21, 2013
X posts
X posts
stated on March 20, 2013 tweets
While the sequester is in effect, the federal government is still funding a study on duck penises.
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By Molly Moorhead • March 22, 2013
American Civil Liberties Union of Florida
American Civil Liberties Union of Florida
stated on March 1, 2012 interview on "The Colbert Report"
There are "a larger number of shark attacks in Florida than there are cases of voter fraud."
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By Katie Sanders • March 2, 2012
Gail Collins
Gail Collins
stated on September 8, 2011 a column
Mitt Romney "drove to Canada with the family dog Seamus strapped to the roof of the car."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 13, 2011
Elaine Boyer
Elaine Boyer
stated on July 20, 2011 an interview
"[T]his breed (of pit bulls) is most often associated with aggressive behavior."
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By Eric Stirgus • August 3, 2011
Wisconsin Humane Society
Wisconsin Humane Society
stated on June 13, 2011 a news release
An amendment inserted by lawmakers into the state budget "exempts scientific researchers from all state animal cruelty laws."
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By Dave Umhoefer • June 14, 2011