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 ...

Article - lauraallen - 29 Jan 2012 - 7:22pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

What This Will Mean For The Animals. In the year 2006 there should have been strong opposition to any effort to infringe on rights under the First Amendment. But there wasn’t. Not until it was too late to stop the Animal Enterprise Terrorism ...

Article - lauraallen - 15 Dec 2011 - 11:45pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Until this past year the United States Department of Agriculture interpreted the federal Twenty Eight Hour Law, 49 USCS § 80502, so that most farm animals did not receive the protections of this law, the nation's first federal humane law. Under t ...

Article - lauraallen - 7 Aug 2011 - 5:04pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Animal Law Coalition supports vegetarianism/veganism, but if animals are to be slaughtered for food, that process should at least be as humane as possible. The Department of Agriculture and segments of the farm industry seem to go out of their wa ...

Article - lauraallen - 7 Aug 2011 - 2:51pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

                                     Up date July, 2008: The Farm Bill initially passed by Congress included this anti-animal fighting bill. President George W. Bush vetoed the bill, but both the ...

Article - lauraallen - 21 Jul 2011 - 4:42pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Thousands of pit bulls and pit mixes have been evacuated from Denver since the city resumed enforcement of its controversial pit bull ban in May, 2005. What is worse, a recent lawsuit claims at least 1,100 pit bulls and pit mixes have been killed si ...

Article - lauraallen - 4 Jun 2008 - 8:01pm - 2 comments - 0 attachments

On September 11, 2006, I rescued a dog that was dying at the end of a chain in a muddy yard in a small Pennsylvania town. I was subsequently arrested. A little over a year later, on December 15, 2007, I was convicted of theft and receiving stolen ...

Article - lauraallen - 30 Mar 2009 - 5:46pm - 5 comments - 0 attachments

With her March 28, 2007 opinion, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly for the D.C. District Court helped end horse slaughter for human consumption in the United States. The judge has invalidated a USDA regulation that allowed horse slaughter for human consu ...

Article - lauraallen - 15 Jan 2011 - 7:24pm - 1 comment - 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 - 14 Feb 2011 - 7:57pm - 25 comments - 0 attachments

Update May 27, 2009:  "Since [Jay] Blatche came to Catawba County about 18 months ago, the shelter has not used the gas chamber for euthanizing animals. The only method is lethal injection. While Blatche would like to see all the animals at th ...

Article - lauraallen - 12 Feb 2011 - 6:56pm - 28 comments - 0 attachments

Update Mar. 23, 2009 : Fulton County Superior Court Judge Tom Campbell of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit entered a permanent injunction against the Georgia Department of Agriculture on Mar. 12, 2009. The injunction prohibits the GDOA from conti ...

Article - lauraallen - 12 Feb 2011 - 6:59pm - 15 comments - 3 attachments

Interview with Carolyn Atchison, Lawrence County Animal Control Officer, Alabama, by Denise LeBeau Carolyn Atchison had been an undercover exotic animal agent working with the federal government for quite a few years when companion animal rescue ...

Article - lauraallen - 12 Feb 2011 - 6:49pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

In 2001 Missouri's state auditor, Claire McCaskill, issued an audit of the state's licensed commercial dog breeders or puppy mills. She found a number of disturbing problems. Her report stated as a result of the Division of Animal Health's poor regu ...

Article - lauraallen - 7 Feb 2011 - 10:26pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

The St. Louis City Board of Aldermen has adopted restrictions on the tethering of dogs!  Mayor Francis Slay is expected to sign the bill. Under the new law no dog or cat can be tethered outside for more than 10 continuous hours and no more than 12 ho ...

Article - lauraallen - 2 Feb 2011 - 8:31pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

California Food & Ag. Code Div. 14, Chpt 9, Art. 5 §31683 except see Cal Health & Saf Code §122331 which allows counties and cities to pass mandatory spay/neuter requirements for certain breeds. Colorado §18-9-204.5(5)(b) except see the c ...

Article - lauraallen - 24 Jan 2011 - 9:19pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

Update December 6, 2007 :  Following the ASPCA's preliminary evaluation of the Vick dogs, the court appointed noted Valparaiso University Animal Law  Professor Rebecca Huss as their guardian/special master. Huss was tasked basically with conducting ...

Article - lauraallen - 21 Jan 2011 - 2:52pm - 0 comments - 2 attachments

Animal cruelty results in little real consequence in these states.  In Idaho animal cruelty is also a misdemeanor. Idaho Code §25-3502, §25-3504, §25-3505, §25-3510-3511, §25-3518. For a first conviction, a person can be fined no more tha ...

Article - lauraallen - 16 Jan 2011 - 7:39pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Michigan has changed its scheme for punishing animal cruelty and neglect.  In bills that have now been signed into law by Governor Jennifer Granholm, those convicted of animal cruelty or neglect will for the most part, be charged and sentenced dep ...

Article - lauraallen - 16 Jan 2011 - 7:32pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

It can be disastrous for the animals when a pet owner or the operator of a small shelter dies and leaves them with no one willing or able to care for them. It can be just as problematic when a shelter including a non-profit decides to close. It is import ...

Article - lauraallen - 9 Jan 2011 - 5:36pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Update Nov. 24, 2008: After several continuances of the trial of Michael Vick on state dog fighting charges, the case has been resolved. Vick pleaded guilty today to a felony charge of promoting dog fighting in violation of state law. ( Vi ...

Article - lauraallen - 6 Jan 2009 - 5:23pm - 7 comments - 1 attachment

Puppy mills are those aptly named businesses that mass produce dogs. Puppy mills are not much different from the factories that churn out blenders, toasters, televisions, DVD players, and the like. And that is one of the many dirty little secrets about ...

Article - lauraallen - 10 Oct 2007 - 5:11am - 1 comment - 0 attachments

The Animal Welfare Act (AWA) and the U.S. Deptartment of Agriculture regulations establish licensing requirements and provide rules for identification of animals, inspections, record keeping, and staffing. 9 C.F.R. 1.1-3.19. There are certain standards th ...

Article - lauraallen - 14 Sep 2010 - 8:34pm - 2 comments - 0 attachments

Illinois passed a law effective January 1, 2007 that bars certain felons from “knowingly own[ing], possess[ing], hav[ing] custody of, or resid[ing] in a residence with”, “unspayed or unneutered dog or puppy older than 12 weeks of ageâ ...

Article - lauraallen - 9 Jun 2008 - 5:38pm - 7 comments - 0 attachments

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 - 7 comments - 0 attachments

It was a federal appellate court, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, that shut down the two horse slaughterhouses located in Texas. The U.S. Supreme Court has declined a petition to hear an appeal. The Fifth Circuit ruled a 1949 Texas law, Texas Agr ...

Article - superadmin - 21 Apr 2010 - 11:33pm - 3 comments - 0 attachments

An interview with Peter MacQueen III by Denise LeBeau Peter MacQueen III is president of the Humane Society of Eastern North Carolina and has been compassionately advocating on the behalf of the companion animals of North Carolina for over 20 years. O ...

Article - lauraallen - 10 Oct 2007 - 5:11am - 2 comments - 0 attachments

Update December 1, 2007 : A grand jury in Surrey County, Virginia has indicted Vick and his co-conspirators, Purnell PEace and Quanis Phillips on 2 felony counts related to dog fighting: beating or killing a dog or causing dogs to fight and promoting ...

Article - lauraallen - 6 Apr 2008 - 7:20pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

by Laura Allen  So many counties and cities cite the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)'s euthanasia reports as authority for the continued use of animal gas chambers. A copy of the 2007 report is attached. Here’s ...

Article - lauraallen - 11 Dec 2009 - 4:35pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

Update June 13, 2009:  Last fall, an  appeals court upheld the province of Ontario's broad pit bull ban. Now, the Canada Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from that ruling. Clayton Ruby , attorney for  Catherine Conchran ...

Article - lauraallen - 17 Jun 2009 - 9:42pm - 7 comments - 0 attachments

The USDA says 90% of horses are healthy when they begin their horrific journey to the slaughterhouse. These horses are shipped in cramped, overcrowded transports to the slaughterhouse. They often have no food or water for over 24 hours. In the summer th ...

Article - lauraallen - 19 Oct 2009 - 5:26pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments