Update July 28, 2010: Late yesterday, U.S. District Judge Larry Hicks denied a motion  asking the court to hold Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, BLM Director Bob Abbey and Nevada BLM Director Ron Wenker in contempt of the ...

Article - lauraallen - 29 Jul 2010 - 7:40pm - 11 comments - 1 attachment

Update July 29, 2010:  The House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure has passed H.R. 305 by voice vote. Attached below find the committee background and markup on the bill. Also attached find Animal Law Coalition's ...

Article - lauraallen - 29 Jul 2010 - 8:54pm - 2 comments - 2 attachments

This Sunday, August 1, 2010 at 1:15 p.m. EST, join Big Blend Magazine editors Nancy & Lisa, and special guest co-host Eddie Maldonado, for the third 'Take Action Party' on Big Blend radio !  Special guests include: Laura Allen - ...

Article - lauraallen - 29 Jul 2010 - 7:46pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Here's the first thing you can do:  Find your U.S. representative here . Find your Senators here.   Call them right now today. You can reach your Representative and Senators through the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121. ...

Article - lauraallen - 29 Jul 2010 - 7:29pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

  As the budgeting process in Congress is underway, it is important now more than ever for you to call on President Obama and Vice Presiden Biden (Phone: 202-456-1111 or 202-456-9000; Switchboard: 202-456-1414) to put a moratorium on t ...

Article - lauraallen - 29 Jul 2010 - 6:07pm - 1 comment - 2 attachments

A grand jury in Union County, Ohio has declined to issue an indictment for animal cruelty against Gary Conklin , owner of a dairy farm where earlier this spring egregious abuse was exposed as the result of an undercover investigation by Mercy f ...

Article - lauraallen - 29 Jul 2010 - 1:46pm - 2 comments - 0 attachments

The news is that BP has tentatively settled a case brought by environmental and animal protection organizations to stop the oil company from burning endangered sea turtles alive during efforts to contain oil from the catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf ...

Article - lauraallen - 29 Jul 2010 - 1:46pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

By a vote of 416-3, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed H.R. 5566  which would make it a federal crime to sell or distribute, or offer to sell or distribute, animal crush videos for commercial gain in interstate or foreign comme ...

Article - lauraallen - 26 Jul 2010 - 6:20pm - 2 comments - 0 attachments

In early July, 2010, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell  ordered the Dept. of Agriculture to come up with new regulations consistent with the 2008 Dog Law that prohibits wire flooring for dogs held in Class C commercial kennels. In a letter to ...

Article - lauraallen - 28 Jul 2010 - 2:27pm - 2 comments - 0 attachments

Let BLM manage them Courtesy of Equine Welfare Alliance CHICAGO (EWA) - As controversy swirls over the aggressive removal of horses from the range by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), a more fundamental question has arisen over what ...

Article - lauraallen - 28 Jul 2010 - 1:26pm - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Delaware's Governor Jack Markell has signed into law Senate Bill 280 that sets new standards for animal shelters. " Up until now, we have had no state standards of operation for animal shelters.  Today, that changes , " said Gove ...

Article - lauraallen - 27 Jul 2010 - 3:12pm - 1 comment - 1 attachment

PUPS Act is the name appropriately given to federal legislation proposed in the wake of the scathing audit by the Office of Inspector General that condemns USDA's lax enforcement of regulations that apply to puppy mills. The Puppy Unifo ...

Article - lauraallen - 27 Jul 2010 - 12:58pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Denmark's new Dog Act banning 13 breeds goes into effect July 1, 2010. The following breeds are targeted though dogs said to be pit bull terriers and Tosas were  banned in 1991: 
American Staffordshire Terrier
Central Asian Ovtcharka ...

Article - lauraallen - 26 Jul 2010 - 11:39am - 5 comments - 0 attachments

Update April 23, 2010: Late yesterday, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick signed H.B. 344, an Act banning the devocalization of dogs and cats into law!  This is the first effective statewide law to ban devocalizat ...

Article - lauraallen - 22 Jul 2010 - 4:03pm - 88 comments - 3 attachments

The San Francisco Animal Control Commission may ask the city's Board of Supervisors to ban sale of animals by pet stores. The proposal would not be limited to a ban on sales of dogs and cats, but also small mammals such as hamsters, guinea p ...

Article - lauraallen - 24 Jul 2010 - 2:06pm - 2 comments - 0 attachments

A number of conservation organizations have called on President Barack Obama to eliminate or at least reform the program that subsidizes livestock grazing on public lands. The Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service which m ...

Article - lauraallen - 24 Jul 2010 - 2:23pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Doubt Cast On Pilot Valley "Estray" Horses Rounded-Up By BLM Update July 10, 2010: Jill Starr,  President of Lifesavers Wild Horse Rescue Group, successfully bid on 169 of the 172 horses sold today at the auction. The total cos ...

Article - lauraallen - 23 Jul 2010 - 2:02pm - 4 comments - 1 attachment

The Obama administration has thus far successfully largely distracted the public's attention from the culpability of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and his Mineral Management Service (MMS) for the oil spill catastrophe.  After a few disc ...

Article - lauraallen - 23 Jul 2010 - 1:57pm - 1 comment - 2 attachments

U.S. Sen. Tom Udall and Rep. Ed Whitfield have sent inquiries to the racing industry organizations to determine basically (1) the adequacy of guidelines for use of medications and drugs, (2) the states or racing commissions and tracks that fol ...

Article - lauraallen - 23 Jul 2010 - 1:54pm - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Logan's Law , the law that bans devocalization of dogs and cats went into effect in Massachusetts this week! USA Today , Reuters , the Boston Herald , boston.com , Metrowest Daily News , msnbc.com , and the bostonchannel.com ...

Article - lauraallen - 22 Jul 2010 - 7:02pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

Update March 30, 2010 : This bill, S.B. 1317, passed the Idaho state senate unanimously but died in the House of Representatives.  For more on this, read Animal Law Coalition's report below.   The Idaho Senate Agricultural Affairs Comm ...

Article - lauraallen - 11 May 2010 - 3:23pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

As the new year begins, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) continues its roundup and removal in the Calico Mountain Complex of wild horses it is supposed to protect from "capture" and "harassment" and maintain as free roaming &quo ...

Article - lauraallen - 11 May 2010 - 2:08pm - 4 comments - 0 attachments

Update June 1, 2009: Davie's Law, H.B. 6/S.B. 199 is dead for this session.      Update Mar. 5, 2009: The North Carolina House Agriculture Committee heard testimony yesterday about Davie's Law which would end the use of ga ...

Article - lauraallen - 7 Jul 2010 - 4:30pm - 22 comments - 5 attachments

Update June 28, 2010: Saying it's not a fair chase, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation  Commission (FWC) has voted unanimously to prohibit the practice of training hunting dogs by placing them in enclosures with foxes and coyotes.  T ...

Article - lauraallen - 28 Jun 2010 - 10:46pm - 3 comments - 0 attachments

Arlington, Texas Municipal Court Judge Michael Smith has dealt a significant blow to the exotic pet trade. At least to U.S. Global Exotics, Inc., an international wholesaler owned by Jasen and Vanessa Shaw , that buys and sells exotic animals t ...

Article - lauraallen - 14 Jan 2010 - 4:16pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

Animal Law Coalition calls on Congress to amend the pending bill, Restoring Our American Mustangs or ROAM, so that it does just these 2 things: (1) ban the sale, transfer, transport, or possession of wild horses and burros for slaughter and (2) ba ...

Article - lauraallen - 20 Jul 2010 - 6:30pm - 3 comments - 0 attachments

A bill has been tabled or introduced in the Canadian Parliament that would ban the importation or exportation of horses for slaughter or horsemeat for human consumption. Member of Parliament (MP) Alex Atamanenko tabled Bill C-544  whic ...

Article - lauraallen - 19 Jul 2010 - 3:16pm - 3 comments - 0 attachments

Update June 1: The Texas legislature has now adjourned for the 2009 session. This bill did not advance further and is now dead.  Update May 13: HB 3180, the Texas puppy mill bill, has now passed the state House of Representatives by a ...

Article - lauraallen - 4 Jun 2009 - 1:23pm - 12 comments - 0 attachments

by Michele Hollow, Pet News and Views Pet News and Views if taking a look at animal legal issues in Ohio. This is the second in a series:  On Friday, I posted a story about the Coalition to Ban Dog Ohio Auctions. Today, I want t ...

Article - lauraallen - 3 Jul 2010 - 3:00pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

A lawsuit has been filed to challenge the " stampede, round-up and removal of over two thousand wild and free-roaming horses and burros ... from the Twin Peaks Herd Management Area ... in northeast California and northwest Nevada " and the ...

Article - lauraallen - 16 Jul 2010 - 10:08pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments