Animal Law Coalition

Unified Call to Action from Animal Law Coalition, ASPCA, Cloud Foundation, Wild Horse Freedom Federation, Horse Fund, Equine Welfare Alliance, and Front Range Equine Rescue

National Wild Horse and Burro Protest Day - March 1, 2012 

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 Ohio has repealed the breed discirminatory law that has meant the deaths of thousands of innocent family dogs that were or may have looked like "pit bulls".

Update Feb. 15, 2012: The vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on H.R. 7 has been moved to next week.  We will let you know the exact day. This gives you more time to call your U.S. representative in support of the ban on use of double decked trailers to haul horses. For more about the bill and where to find your representative, read Animal Law Coalition's reports below. 

"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.

BLM on road to slaughtering wild horses in holding?

Update Feb. 7, 2012: The Florida House of Representatives Community and Military Affairs Subcommittee today approved the bill that would repeal the Miami-Dade County pit bull ban. H.B. 997. The bill almost immediately was taken up by the State Committee and we are awaiting a report of that vote. Also, the Senate version of the bill, S.B. 1322 has been approved by the Governmental Oversight and Accountability Committee and now moves to the Budget committee.

There is a growing movement to stop the devocalization of dogs and cats. Devocalization is nothing less than the cutting of a dog or cat's vocal cords. It is also known as "debarking", "silencing", or "bark softening". Devocalization is typically done by veterinarians paid by owners, usually breeders, who don't want to hear the dogs or cats they are breeding for profit.

Update January 24, 2012:  U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader (OR) has introduced H.R. 3798, the Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2012, the legislation that the Humane Society of the United States President and CEO Wayne Pacelle announced last summer was being drafted with the support of United Egg Producers.

 by Valerie James Patton, Vice-President, Equine Welfare Alliance, and Laura Allen, Executive Director, Animal Law Coalition and Vice-President, Equine Welfare Alliance