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Animal welfare group fetes 150 years of helping

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania’s animal welfare agency is celebrating its 150th birthday, and one special gift it has received is new legislation strengthening laws against animal cruelty.

The Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals held a birthday party for itself Wednesday.

Shelter pets were treated to sweets and a slew of video congratulations.

Col. M. Richards Muckle founded the agency in 1867 after seeing the mistreatment of horses in Philadelphia.

Also Wednesday, Gov. Tom Wolf was set to sign a bill known as Libre’s Law to strengthen animal cruelty and neglect laws in the state. It’s named after an abused Boston terrier.

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