Update February 8, 2012 : Just months ago, Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed the breeder regulation bill into law. The new statute required that the  Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR)  issue the standards of care applicable t ...

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Update February 1, 2012:  After more than six years of wrangling over the best way to regulate Ohio's growing number of puppy mills, the Senate Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Committee approved  a version of S.B. 130   ...

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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 ...

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Following the victories in Massachusetts in 2010 and recently  Warwick, Rhode Island , legislators in both New York and Rhode Island hope to pass bills to ban devocalization of dogs and cats. Rhode Island's bill, S.B. 266 , introduced ...

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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". ...

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Update Feb. 3, 2012 : In a mark up session yesterday, the House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure approved the  American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act (H.R. 7 Sec. 6606)  which bans use of double decked trai ...

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California Governor Jerry Brown intends to seek the repeal of those provisions of Hayden Law found to be "reimbursable state mandates." This from Jeff Carosone, an analyst in the state Department of Finance assigned to  the Governor's propose ...

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Update January 31, 2012 : Following a hearing last week, the Judiciary Committee has now voted to approve the substitute version of H.B. 1755. For more on the hearing and the bill as amended since last year, read Animal Law Coalition's reports ...

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The Association for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) has released  a new poll  showing 80% of Americans are opposed to the slaughter of horses for human consumption. The  nationwide survey  reveals that Americans oppose horse slaugh ...

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Update January 31, 2012 : The Ohio Senate voted today 27-5 to approve the Senate Committee Substitute version of H.B. 14. The repeal of the law that defines "vicious" dogs to include "pit bulls" regardless of the dog's behavi ...

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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 la ...

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Update January 27, 2012 : Once again Pennsylvania legislators have failed to pass a bill that would ban archaic animal gas chambers still used to kill shelter animals in the state. S.B. 1329, the latest effort to stop the use of gas chambe ...

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A White Paper from  Americans Against Horse Slaughter U.S. horses have never been raised for human consumption. However, due to the foreign demand for horse flesh for wealthy diners in Europe and Asia, America's horses have been bought, sto ...

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by Elizabeth Forel (This article first appeared at onegreenplanet.org ) Charlie Horse died on Sunday, October 23rd on the mean streets of New York. He was a NYC carriage horse on his way to work in the park. He lay there on the street, uni ...

Article - lauraallen - 30 Jan 2012 - 7:13pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Update November 18, 2011:  Both the House of Representatives and the Senate have now approved the Conference Committee report on H.R. 2112, the bill that, in part, determines agriculture appropriations for FY 2012. President Barack Obama imm ...

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A new groundbreaking study published in last month's  Journal of Applied Animal Behavior Science (attached below for downloading) confirms that dogs held in puppy mills suffer psychological damage that leaves emotional scars after they are remov ...

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The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and Bureau of Dog Law Enforcement under Gov. Tom Corbett reminds me of the Abbott & Costello routine " Who's on First ?" that famously illustrates the confusion and frustration in communicati ...

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Chicago (EWA) - Equine Welfare Alliance (EWA) launched a major campaign on December 30 to expose the underhanded move by Rep. Jack Kingston (GA) and Sens. Kohl (WI) and Blunt (MO) that reinstated horse inspections and opened the way for horse slaug ...

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Update Jan. 27, 2012 : Virginia state Sen. Dick Black has announced that he has pulled the bill, S.B. 610. Animal welfare advocates and Virginia residents mounted strong opposition to the bill. BUT, Virginia Voters for Animal Welfare notes the bill a ...

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Plaintiffs Decry BLM's Plan to Turn Wild Horses into "Ranch Animals" Update Dec. 23, 2011 : Following the filing of the lawsuit, BLM announced it would postpone plans to zero out the wild horses on Jakes Wash ...

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Update Jan. 27, 2012 : Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted today certified that petitioners seeking a citizen initiated statute regarding dog auctions collected an additional 2,906 valid signatures. The total number of valid signature ...

Article - lauraallen - 29 Jan 2012 - 6:37pm - 24 comments - 3 attachments

Update Oct. 13, 2009: Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm has now signed this bill into law.  Update Oct. 5, 2009: The Michigan legislature has now passed a Senate substitute version of H.B. 5127. The Senate version is vi ...

Article - lauraallen - 29 Jan 2012 - 8:18pm - 2 comments - 0 attachments

Courtesy of Marla Tauscher, California attorney  Since California enacted the Hayden Law in 1998, we have taken the lead in humane sheltering legislation and have served as a model for other states to follow. The overall goal ...

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Update Jan. 27, 2012:   In a hearing yesterday, U.S. District Court Judge Howard McKibben denied further injunctive relief to plaintiff Laura Leigh in her challenge to BLM's inhumane treatment of wild horses during the Triple B roundup. T ...

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Read the facts about factory farming and watch the video at the end of this article!  Update Nov. 6, 2008: 6.2 million California voters agreed Proposition 2, the California Prevention of Farm Cruelty Act, should become law. T ...

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The long awaited Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on horse welfare fell far short of the respectable reporting we have come to expect from the GAO, even raising questions as to the agency's credibility.  The Equine Welfare Allia ...

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Update Sept. 3, 2011: Demetria Hogan, a Memphis Animal Shelter employee with a criminal record, is finally gone, fired after one dog she picked up but delayed bringing to the shelter died of heatstroke and another disappeared. Hogan has been ...

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Update Sept. 22, 2011: Intro 655 was approved yesterday by the New York City Council by a vote of 46-4.  For more on what this means for New York City's shelter animals and the city's feral and owned cats, read Animal Law Coalition's ...

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Op-ed by Steve Long, editor/publisher of Horseback Magazine  Animal Law Coalition Update Oct. 18, 2011: Since the publication of the op-ed piece below, the petition to stop the killing of burros in West Texas Big Bend Ranch State Park ...

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This letter was sent to Pres. Barack Obama today:  Dear President Obama, We are presenting to you the signatures of more than 6,000 Americans on a White House petition to ban the slaughter of equines for human consumption .  Your admi ...

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