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

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

 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

  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

There was an explosion yesterday inside the animal gas chamber at Iredell County Animal Services shelter. The fire department was called to contain the resulting fire. 10 dogs were inside the gas chamber at the time. The gas chamber was at the en ...

Article - lauraallen - 23 Jul 2008 - 4:22pm - 2 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

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

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

Update June 27, 2008 : the Arizona legislature adjourned for this session without considering this bill. Original report : Several Arizona representatives are sponsoring a bill, H.B. 2516, that would mandate spay/neuter for all dogs and ca ...

Article - lauraallen - 19 Jul 2008 - 5:07pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

Update June 6, 2008: Junior Horton  has appealed his conviction which means he will stand trial before a jury. The case has been set to start July 29 at 9:00 a.m. in Carroll County Circuit Court .     Urge prosecutor,  Gregory G. Goa ...

Article - lauraallen - 23 Jun 2008 - 9:05pm - 2 comments - 0 attachments

   The City of Little Rock, Arkansas has passed BSL. Yes, owners of "pit bulls" must now do the following to keep their dogs: - Register and license their dogs within 90 days and pay an annual fee of $150 for having a pit bul ...

Article - lauraallen - 21 Feb 2008 - 1:22am - 4 comments - 0 attachments

Update February 22, 2008: Governor Kaine has signed the bill banning gas chambers in Virginia!! Update February 13, 2008: The Virginia Senate has passed by a vote of 40-0 the bill to ban gas chambers in Virginia! ...

Article - lauraallen - 18 May 2008 - 5:40pm - 4 comments - 0 attachments

Pennsylvania law forbids breed discrimination. Section 459.507-A(c). Click here to find other states that do not allow breed bans or other breed specific legislation.   But Pennyslvania State Rep. John Galloway has introduced a bill, H.B. ...

Article - lauraallen - 9 Jun 2008 - 5:44pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

by Jenny Stephens, North Penn Puppy Mill Watch, www.nppmw.com ( reprinted with permission )  People say that change is good.  When it comes to Pennsylvania puppy mills, change is imperative.... There are times, however, when excess cha ...

Article - lauraallen - 10 Jul 2008 - 11:12pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments