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

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

You may have seen the wild horses in Nevada's Red Rock Canyon that were featured on CBS Sunday Morning this past weekend. They looked healthy as they cavorted with each other. The horses were not thin. There were no horses suffering from ...

Article - lauraallen - 14 Jul 2010 - 1:19pm - 5 comments - 0 attachments

Update May 24, 2010: U.S. District Court Judge Paul L. Friedman has dismissed this case, entering summary judgment in favor of the BLM. A copy of the opinion is attached below. The judge found the issues related to the legality of the round ...

Article - lauraallen - 14 Jul 2010 - 1:13pm - 4 comments - 1 attachment

From the Anti-Fur Society: Extreme brutality is used in slaughtering horses in Mexico - in particular the Market of San Bernabe.  Horses - former pet horses - young, old, sick, healthy, stolen, pregnant mares...none are sacred!   Most peop ...

Article - lauraallen - 26 Aug 2008 - 4:48pm - 10 comments - 0 attachments

Recently, Russellville, Kentucky police chief Barry Dill announced a plan to round up dogs believed to be "pit bulls" if their owners are not in compliance with licensing, insurance and other requirements.   Dill explained that when ...

Article - lauraallen - 11 Jul 2010 - 2:42pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

The International Whaling Commission (IWC) , made up of 88 member nations,  held its annual meeting in June in Morocco and  was expected to decide whether to suspend for at least 10 years the 24 year old moratorium on commercial whaling orig ...

Article - lauraallen - 10 Jul 2010 - 5:27pm - 0 comments - 1 attachment

by Michele Hollow, Pet News and Views Pet News and Views if taking a look at animal legal issues in Ohio. This is the first in a series:  Before I start picking on Ohio, I want you to know that I have family and friends in the Bucke ...

Article - lauraallen - 3 Jul 2010 - 3:05pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

Update May 27, 2010: In a surprise move, the Ohio House of Representatives has today approved the provisions of H.B. 79 as part of H.B. 55 .   (House Journal, p. 2730-2732)   Read the amended H.B. 55 here. H.B. 79's provisi ...

Article - lauraallen - 7 Jul 2010 - 5:24pm - 38 comments - 1 attachment

Update June 5, 2010: Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue has announed that he has signed HB 788 into law! This means by January 1, 2011, no county or city in the state can use carbon monoxide gas chambers to kill shelter animals. For mor ...

Article - lauraallen - 12 Jun 2010 - 12:06pm - 24 comments - 4 attachments

Update: The pro-gassing bill, H.B. 27, was defeated in Committee today. That bill is now dead. Davie's Law, H.B. 6/S.B. 199 is also dead. Despite their promises during their election campaigns last year, neither Gov. Perdue nor Sen. Dav ...

Article - lauraallen - 7 Jul 2010 - 4:33pm - 11 comments - 0 attachments

WASHINGTON, D.C.--May 25, 2010.  In response to a scathing report by the USDA Inspector General (IG), critical of the government's handling of puppy mill investigations, Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Senator David Vitt ...

Article - lauraallen - 7 Jul 2010 - 5:23pm - 4 comments - 0 attachments

Update July 1, 2010: Once again the North Carolina House of Representatives Finance Committee has postponed a hearing on the  puppy mill bill, S.B. 460 . Two weeks ago a hearing was canceled, and the hearing set for today has been cance ...

Article - lauraallen - 7 Jul 2010 - 5:19pm - 2 comments - 0 attachments

CHICAGO, (EWA) - Equine Welfare Alliance and Animal Law Coalition applaud the grass roots efforts in 2010 that have resulted in a series of political defeats for those who want to bring horse slaughter back to the United States. Of course, commer ...

Article - lauraallen - 7 Jul 2010 - 5:26pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

Animal Law Coalition is proud to be an Advisory Board Member for the film, Saving America's Horses - A Nation Betrayed , due to be released in 2010. The film is currently in production by Humanion Films, a label of Wild for Life Foundation. ...

Article - lauraallen - 7 Jul 2010 - 5:22pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

This billboard stands as a reminder to Craven County, North Carolina residents that  pet animals, dogs and cats, are dying every day in gas chambers in their local shelter.   A grass roots effort, the North Carolina Coalition for Humane Euthana ...

Article - lauraallen - 7 Jul 2010 - 5:27pm - 0 comments - 6 attachments

by Faith Bjalobok, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy, Duquesne University, Fellow of Oxford Center for Animal Advocacy There is much debate about the best way to deal with horses whose owners no longer seem to have any desire to care for them ...

Article - lauraallen - 7 Jul 2010 - 5:23pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

There is tough talk from Interior Secretary Ken Salazar  since the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. As oil creeps across marshes and spreads out across the Gulf coast - the  muck coating and choking mammals, birds, turtles, fish and ...

Article - lauraallen - 7 Jul 2010 - 5:20pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

SIGNATURE DRIVE SUPPORTING THE OHIO DOG AUCTIONS ACT A state ballot initiative committee, Coalition to Ban Ohio Dog Auctions , has officially kicked off its 2010 campaign to save hundreds of "breeding" dogs which they beli ...

Article - lauraallen - 10 May 2010 - 2:54pm - 22 comments - 7 attachments

CHICAGO, (EWA) - The recent appointment of Dr. Douglas Corey to the top spot of the Washington lobby group, The Unwanted Horse Coalition (UHC), has made their loudly proclaimed stance of being neutral on the contentious issue of horse slaughter diffic ...

Article - lauraallen - 6 Jul 2010 - 6:39pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Update July 3, 2010: The Michigan House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture has approved H.B. 4263, a ban on the use of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide by anyone to kill dogs and other animals. The vote was 8-2. Michigan State Rep ...

Article - lauraallen - 3 Jul 2010 - 4:15pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

A bill introduced in Congress by U.S. Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) would call for a program to provide plant-based alternatives to meat and milk in school breakfasts and lunches. The bill called the Healthy School Meals Act of 2010, H.R. 487 ...

Article - lauraallen - 3 Jul 2010 - 5:47pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Courtesy of North Penn Puppy Mill Watch Update June 6, 2010: The Pennsylvania Canine Health Board has unanimously rejected a proposal to allow Class C commercial dog kennels to use wire flooring or " hog flooring &qu ...

Article - lauraallen - 3 Jul 2010 - 2:31pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Update June 24, 2010: With Susie looking on, North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue signed Susie's Law yesterday, making penalties for animal abuse stronger.    S.B. 254 , also H.B. 1690, known as Susie's Law, passed the North Carolina state ...

Article - lauraallen - 24 Jun 2010 - 2:18pm - 2 comments - 0 attachments

A bill in New York that has passed the Assembly and the Senate, A. 10715 , will require shelters that receive state funding to keep track of and make public the following numbers:  (1) the  number  of  animal  intakes,  including,  but ...

Article - lauraallen - 29 Jun 2010 - 2:41pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

The New York Assembly Agriculture Committee has decided to hold A.B. 9449/S.B. 6412, dubbed Oreo's Law, for further consideration.  This means the bill is unlikely to advance further this legislative session. New York Assembly Member Micah ...

Article - lauraallen - 29 Jun 2010 - 2:45am - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Massachusetts H.B. 1997 and S.B. 406/ 2172 offer competing views on breed specific legislation. H.B. 1997 would allow, even encourage local governments to ban dogs by breed, stating that "[n]othing ...shall prohibit a city or ...

Article - lauraallen - 28 Jun 2010 - 8:04pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

  Former Mayor Paula Bacon City of Kaufman Kaufman, TX  75142 Dear State Legislator: You will soon be asked to vote on ... legislation regarding the commercial slaughter of American horses of which you probably have very little f ...

Article - lauraallen - 30 Mar 2009 - 6:57pm - 40 comments - 0 attachments