Different groups are moving to fight the new law in court, and the federal government could join them.
VOA: special.2010.05.01
Movingingroups of eight, police made their way through the alleys of Jacarezinho, searching houses, while armoured cars took up position beside rubbish dumps, news agency AFP reported.
The bottlenose dolphins were movingin several groups of 15 to 20, their dorsal fins and barrel shaped torsos flashing in the sun as they came up for air.
In the U.S., partly in response to complaints by animal-rights activists, handlers at slaughterhouses are supposed to keep pigs calm by moving them along in small groups, and the animals are required to be rendered unconscious and unable to feel pain before they are killed.