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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The use of electronic collars, or "e-collars," to shock an animal to train them is currently being debated in the legislature. Some families blame those collars for harming and ...

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A slippery slope may sound like an icy patch where you slip and slide, but people use it to refer to situations in which deciding to do something can lead to further actions with undesirable ...

In Wales, pet owners and government officials are banding together to try and get electric shock collars banned. The collars are already banned in some European countries, but they're widely used in ...

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