Update May 24, 2008 : H.B. 568, the proposal to ban pit bulls from Ohio, has been assigned to the State Government and Elections Committee. Click here to find committee members. Please write or call and urge them to vote NO on H.B. 568. Conta ...

Article - lauraallen - 9 Jun 2008 - 5:45pm - 218 comments - 0 attachments

Yes, I think she got what she deserved. No, I think Tammy is a hero for chained dogs everywhere. No, I think the judge and the prosecutor were harsh because she is an animal welfare advocate. ...

Poll - lauraallen - 22 Feb 2008 - 9:21pm - 278 comments - 0 attachments

No, mandatory spay/neuter is too expensive and difficult to enforce. No, mandatory spay/neuter just means people will dump their animals or stop getting licenses. Yes, but only if the spay/neuter is ...

Poll - lauraallen - 21 May 2008 - 4:20pm - 41 comments - 0 attachments

State: Ohio Bill Number: House Bill 568     127th General Assembly Regular Session 2007-2008 H. B. No. 568 ...

Pending Bill - lauraallen - 20 May 2008 - 7:01pm - 57 comments - 0 attachments

Sometimes persistence pays off in pursuing animal abusers. More than a year ago animal welfare activists and neighbors captured Jack Crosslings McCall of video, beating, choking, kicking and throwing chained dogs in his yard.   This after numerou ...

Article - lauraallen - 6 Apr 2008 - 6:03pm - 12 comments - 0 attachments

Click here to play Justice for Tammy by singer/songwriter Maria Daines.   http://www.maria-daines.com/music-65.html  and Click here to watch the video put together by Kathy Sm ...

Article - lauraallen - 18 May 2008 - 5:39pm - 119 comments - 0 attachments

Yes, horse slaughter is cruel. Yes, horse slaughter is a cruel business driven by demand for horsemeat, not humane euthanasia for unwanted or abandoned horses. No, horse slaughter is a necessary evil ...

Poll - lauraallen - 12 Mar 2008 - 11:08pm - 18 comments - 0 attachments

In a 7-0 decision written by Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer, the Ohio Supreme Court reversed the finding of the Ohio Court of Appeals that Ohio state law R.C. 955.22 and 955.11(A)(4)(a)(iii) and Toledo Municipal Code 505.14(a) are unconstitutional becaus ...

Article - lauraallen - 10 Oct 2007 - 5:11am - 8 comments - 0 attachments

Sumner County, Tennessee's Assistant District Attorney General, Thomas Dean, has stepped up to charge veterinarian William Baber with 12 misdemeanors arising out of his use of the heartstick method to kill animals in the county shelter. Tenne ...

Article - lauraallen - 12 Feb 2008 - 1:30am - 15 comments - 0 attachments

Eleven groups, a mix of dog owners and animal welfare organizations, have filed an amicus brief in the criminal case pending against Michael Vick and his cohorts in federal court in Virginia. The amici curiae or friends of the court, are urging Judge ...

Article - lauraallen - 6 Dec 2007 - 7:56pm - 6 comments - 0 attachments

 Update July 3, 2008: The comprehensive Pennsylvania puppy mill bill, H.B. 2525 has been sent to the Appropriations Committee. As Animal Law Coalition reported below, the bill was scheduled for a vote before the full House but after opp ...

Article - lauraallen - 11 Jul 2008 - 5:04pm - 5 comments - 0 attachments

March 27, Altoona, PA - What if someone wanted to prove that they could drive to any state and in the space of a few hours easily find, photograph, and videotape a minimum of 10 dogs spending their lives at the end of a chain? And what if ...

Article - lauraallen - 27 Mar 2008 - 10:48pm - 3 comments - 0 attachments

A national movement to end gas chambers is gaining momentum.  Click here to read about the explosion in a NC chamber .     Update July 19, 2008: Your calls and letters to North Carolina officials in support of a ban on animal ga ...

Article - lauraallen - 23 Jul 2008 - 8:04pm - 3 comments - 0 attachments

Update April 16, 2008 : The Kentucky legislature has passed Romeo's Law, KY S.B. 58 which makes it a Class D felony to torture a dog or cat unless it is a first offense and there is only physical injury that is not serious. The bill is on Go ...

Article - lauraallen - 18 May 2008 - 5:38pm - 3 comments - 0 attachments

 "I'm a changed woman," says Oprah. The famed talk show host, Oprah Winfrey, says she will never buy another dog, that she will only adopt dogs from shelters.  This after Oprah produced a show about puppymills. The show aired on April ...

Article - lauraallen - 18 May 2008 - 7:36pm - 10 comments - 0 attachments

Update June 5, 2008: Governor Tim Kaine has now signed the landmark puppy mill bill into law. It iwll be effective January, 2009. One rescuer who asked not to be identified has expressed concern about the large numbers of dogs that w ...

Article - lauraallen - 7 Jun 2008 - 4:21pm - 6 comments - 1 attachment

                                        More than 30 county and city shelters in N.C. continue to use gas chambers to kill animals. Some shelters workers have been known to beat animals in the head, drown the ...

Article - lauraallen - 28 Mar 2008 - 4:43pm - 28 comments - 0 attachments

  Update April 18, 2008 : After 6 1/2 hours of testimony on April 17, Judge David Motes in the forfeiture hearing "ordered that Jackson County may dispose of 270 dogs from that puppy mill as it desires, according to the law," said C ...

Article - lauraallen - 19 Apr 2008 - 3:52pm - 16 comments - 0 attachments

Update: This bill has died. Original report: The West Virginia legislature is adding penalties to the state's animal fighting laws. Under S.B. 566 it would be a felony to gamble on animal fighting or "conduct, finance, manage, sup ...

Article - lauraallen - 21 Jul 2008 - 6:26pm - 2 comments - 0 attachments

                                       Update: These bills died; the legislature is adjourned. Original report : Tennessee is taking on animal fighting in a big way this legislative session.  There ...

Article - lauraallen - 21 Jul 2008 - 6:18pm - 2 comments - 0 attachments

The 3 rd Circuit Court of Appeals, a federal appeals court, has found the statute, 18 U.S.C. §48 violates the First Amendment guarantee of the right to free speech. This federal statute, passed in 1999, makes it a crime for anyone who "k ...

Article - lauraallen - 20 Jul 2008 - 12:40am - 2 comments - 0 attachments

There is a small, grass-roots campaign happening to stop the use of the gas chamber in Spalding County, Georgia. Please write a letter to each of the five commissioners as well as to the county manager. (These folks do not have email . Letters must ...

Article - lauraallen - 14 Dec 2007 - 7:14pm - 4 comments - 1 attachment

There are news reports almost daily about raids on people called animal hoarders who have large numbers of animals suffering in deplorable, filthy conditions. The news reports typically show a home or some building or property overcrowded with starving, ...

Article - lauraallen - 10 Oct 2007 - 5:15am - 4 comments - 0 attachments

Update December 14, 2007 late afternoon: A Blair County, Pennsylvania jury has found Tammy Grimes guilty of theft and receiving stolen property. Sentencing is set for February 22, 2008. The judge instructed the jury they mu ...

Article - lauraallen - 12 Feb 2008 - 6:24pm - 54 comments - 0 attachments

Update July 10, 2008 : This bill limiting dog breeders to 75 breeding dogs at a time has become law! It passed the Senate and became effective without the governor's signature on July 8, 2008. For more on this new law read Animal Law Coalitio ...

Article - lauraallen - 14 Jul 2008 - 2:47am - 2 comments - 0 attachments

Youngstown Ohio has banned pit bulls and pit bull mixes effective September 15, 2007. Any pit bulls or mixes in the city as of that date may stay as long as they are registered and their owners obtain $100,000 in liability insurance to cover any injurie ...

Article - lauraallen - 9 Jun 2008 - 5:52pm - 3 comments - 0 attachments

Update June 23, 2008: The Macon city council has voted unanimously to ban the use of animal gas chambers!   You can click here to send a message thanking the Macon City Council . BUT, the opposition persists. Mayor Robert Reic ...

Article - lauraallen - 23 Jun 2008 - 4:20pm - 3 comments - 1 attachment

You can help end the slaughter of American horses for human consumption. Get political to stop horse slaughter!  Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Senate the sponsor of the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, S.B. 311, has created a w ...

Article - lauraallen - 4 Jun 2008 - 3:33pm - 4 comments - 0 attachments

by Carole Raphaelle Davis, http://www.hollywoodjinky.com ( reprinted with permission )  Watch the video at the end of this article!   The Los Angeles animal welfare activists who are responsible for the closing of Posh Pu ...

Article - lauraallen - 14 Jul 2008 - 4:29pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

Missouri state Sen. Wes Shoemyer is pushing Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 35 which refers to horse slaughter as "horse harvesting" as if these animals are beets or carrots to be removed from the fields when they are ready for market.   ...

Article - lauraallen - 14 May 2008 - 7:52pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments