Your Help Needed to Pass NY Devocalization Ban!
Countdown to June 21: That's when the 2011-12 NYS legislative session ends. Without your continued activism, it could also be the end of our hope for an enforceable law banning devocalization. This practice is so cruel, it has long been illegal in many countries and since 2010 in Massachusetts.
It's time for New York to step up.
PA Dog Law Enforcement Rolled Back
Following a meeting on April 26, 2012 of the Pennsylvania Dog Law Advisory Board - its first since Gov. Tom Corbett took office in January, 2011, Mainline Animal Rescue put it this way:
Miami Dade County Voters to Decide on Pit Bull Ban
Update May 2, 2012: Yesterday, on May 1, 2012, the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners approved a resolution to put the question to voters on August 14, 2012 whether the county's 23 year old pit bull ban should be repealed. Only Commissioner Barbara Jordan opposed the resolution though Commr. Xavier Suarez was absent.
Humane Groups File Second Petition to Block Slaughter
Meat From Horses Not Raised For Food Presents Public Health Hazard
Update April 10, 2012: Front Range Rescue and The Humane Society of the United States have filed a second petition, this time with the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, to prevent former companion, working, competition and wild horses from being used as food for humans.
IA Gov Signs Ag-gag Bill
Update March 3, 2012: Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has now signed the Ag-gag bill, H.F. 589 into law. This despite a strong effort by animal welfare and civil liberties organizations and the general public to stop this assualt on the First Amendment. For more on this bill and what it means for the animals, read Animal Law Coalition's report below.
Repeal of OH Breed Discrimination Signed by Gov!
Update Feb. 21, 2012: In a signing ceremony held today, Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed H.B. 14 into law. This means it is no longer required by state law that dogs "commonly referred to as pit bulls" are deemed "vicious" regardless of behavior. Ohio has repealed the breed discirminatory law that has meant the deaths of thousands of innocent family dogs that were or may have looked like "pit bulls".
Don't be Duped! Facts that Refute the 7 Most Common Myths of Horse Slaughter
"Facts that Refute the 7 Most Common Myths about Horse Slaughter" is a powerful new tool released by Wild for Life Foundation for the protection of equines from cruelty in the U.S.
Salazar Continues Pro-Slaughter Appointments to Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board
BLM on road to slaughtering wild horses in holding?
New Regulation Won't Protect Equines
by Valerie James Patton, Vice-President, Equine Welfare Alliance, and Laura Allen, Executive Director, Animal Law Coalition and Vice-President, Equine Welfare Alliance
