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Richard Blumenthal: “There are at least 10,000 big cats currently in private ownership around the country.”

On the recordJuly 15, 2014
There are at least 10,000 big cats currently in private ownership around the country.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Blumenthal states the alarming number of big cats owned privately in the U.S.

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