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AJ4USA Wrote: Sep 30, 2009 5:46 PM

"Congress made it a felony to create, sell or possess with intent to distribute a "depiction of animal cruelty." It defined the forbidden material as any visual or audio record of conduct that hurts an animal when the conduct is prohibited by federal law or the law of the state where the depiction is created, sold or possessed."
Guess I can't watch videos like this one of Roadrunner and Coyote:

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/die-sweet-roadrunner-die/ 1162382263/?icid=VIDLRVCOM06

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