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Statements about Animals
Ted Poe

Ted Poe

True

When good turkeys go bad

Says new Medicare billing guidelines "have nine codes for (injuries by) turkeys."

American Bird Conservancy

American Bird Conservancy

Half-True

This may not result in the classic case of hoarding

A proposed bill in the Florida Legislature "would authorize the public hoarding of cats by feral cat activists."

Joe Negron

Joe Negron

Half-True

Hunting hunters

Says PETA "is using this really fancy drone to follow hunters around in some places in other countries."

Marion Hammer

Marion Hammer

False

Come back, Yeller!

Says rabid animals from other states carry "different strains of rabies" that Florida "vaccines and serums don’t affect."

Kirk Watson

Kirk Watson

True

One county uses a rifle

Says carbon monoxide is still employed to euthanize dogs and cats in 29 Texas animal shelters.

Tweets

Tweets

Mostly True

It's science, people

While the sequester is in effect, the federal government is still funding a study on duck penises.

Central Falls Police Department

Central Falls Police Department

Pants on Fire!

Cat-agorically untrue

"Statistics show one male cat can father 420,000 kittens in five years."

Peter Palumbo

Peter Palumbo

Half-True

Flying dog claim distracts from real risk

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."

Pew Environment Group

Pew Environment Group

Mostly False

30 years ago is "recent"?

"In recent years, menhaden numbers along our coast have plummeted by 90 percent."

Sheldon Whitehouse

Sheldon Whitehouse

Half-True

The facts that got away

"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."

Allen West

Allen West

False

UPDATE: Corrected ruling

An "Obamacare slush fund" paid to spay and neuter dogs and cats, then counted it as an "anti-obesity campaign."

National Rifle Association

National Rifle Association

Mostly False

Banned guns not widely used for deer hunting (then or now)

Says Tom Barrett "voted to ban 15 different kinds of guns, even a lot of common deer rifles."

ACLU of Florida

ACLU of Florida

Mostly True

Candidates, stay out of the water

There are "a larger number of shark attacks in Florida than there are cases of voter fraud."

Maria Sachs

Maria Sachs

True

Dog-gone right!

Florida is "the largest dog-racing state in the country."

Frank Niceley

Frank Niceley

Pants on Fire!

A real howler

Says the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency brought coyotes into the state "to try to keep the deer population down."

Ken Cuccinelli

Ken Cuccinelli

Pants on Fire!

No reprieve for common rats

Says the D.C. city council passed a law banning lethal rat trapping.

Chain email

Chain email

Pants on Fire!

Good joke. Don't believe it.

"What is the proper collective noun for a group of baboons? Believe it or not . . . a Congress!"

Bear Education and Resource Group

Bear Education and Resource Group

Pants on Fire!

This isn’t the 99 percent

"99% of NJ voters do NOT support hunting."

Adam Putnam

Adam Putnam

Half-True

Snail can carry parasite, but no sign it's in Fla.

Says the giant African land snail "carries human meningitis."

Gail Collins

Gail Collins

Mostly True

In a carrier with a windshield, plus he got his revenge

Mitt Romney "drove to Canada with the family dog Seamus strapped to the roof of the car."

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