Breed bans single out particular breeds of dogs, usually pit-bull-type dogs, and ban or restrict them. These breed bans are over-inclusive and penalize responsible dog owners.  Breed bans are also under-inclusive: These bans do not target all dogs ...

Article - lauraallen - 11 Apr 2012 - 7:45pm - 22 comments - 0 attachments

Joyce Jacobson, researcher; John Holland, senior analyst AAHS; and Darrell R. Charlton Jr., researcher, © All rights reserved Introduction Horse slaughter has become a hotly contested issue in the United States in the past year. A large numbe ...

Article - lauraallen - 6 Apr 2012 - 11:36pm - 13 comments - 0 attachments

President George W. Bush's administration is apparently too pro-environment, too protective of the dying polar bears, for Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, pictured here in a photo by Ryan McFarland, at www.zieak.com .   The acid-tongued pi ...

Article - lauraallen - 18 Oct 2011 - 11:12pm - 2 comments - 0 attachments

Update Dec. 31, 2008: The federal bill to ban airborne shooting of animals did not pass during this Congress and is now dead.  Update August 30, 2008: The voters in Alaska did not pass the ballot initiative to stop aerial gunning of wolves, wolveri ...

Article - lauraallen - 18 Oct 2011 - 11:18pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

A White Paper by Veterinarians for Equine Welfare, www.vetsforequinewelfare.org , reprinted with permission   Introduction Veterinarians for Equine Welfare (VEW) is a group of veterinarians committed to equine welfare, and as ...

Article - lauraallen - 26 Jul 2011 - 8:16pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Documents never before made public reveal the USDA was aware of extreme cruelty during horse slaughter at facilities in the U.S. The documents dispute claims horse slaughter in the U.S. was in any sense humane and instead reveal a brutal, terri ...

Article - lauraallen - 26 Jul 2011 - 6:20pm - 5 comments - 0 attachments

You can help protect these animals. Update: February 25, 2008: Officials at Westland/Hallmark Meat have announced the company will shut down permanently  because of financial difficulties following an undercover investigation that ...

Article - lauraallen - 30 May 2011 - 4:45pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

© by Michelle Buckalew, editor of The Animal World, http://www.animalworldusa.org/ , (reprinted with permission) The Animal World and a growing number of citizens believe that the most important issue that the city has overlooked ...

Article - lauraallen - 19 May 2011 - 11:33pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

The U.S. House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection is examining the state of horse racing.   The subcommittee held hearings last week that were chaired by Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), in the absence of Chairperson Rep. Bobby Ru ...

Article - lauraallen - 16 May 2011 - 7:41pm - 2 comments - 0 attachments

Update Nov. 27, 2008 : U.S. District Judge Wiley Y. Daniel has ruled in favor of the city of Aurora, Colorado after a trial on the constitutionality of the city's breed ban.  Yet, the evidence at trial revealed only 1.9% of bites in ...

Article - lauraallen - 2 Dec 2008 - 5:35pm - 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 cat ...

Article - lauraallen - 19 Jul 2008 - 5:07pm - 2 comments - 0 attachments

Update : This bill has died.  Original report : Ohio State Representative Tyrone Yates has proposed a bill today that would prohibit the ownership of pit bulls in the state of Ohio . The bill requires all owners to surrender their &qu ...

Article - lauraallen - 16 Jan 2011 - 9:11pm - 395 comments - 0 attachments

On the heels of the investigation by the Humane Society of the United States into the source of puppies sold by the pet store chain, Petland, Mark and Eglaeh Blasko, former Petland franchisees, have filed a lawsuit, openly stating Petland forced them ...

Article - lauraallen - 16 Jan 2011 - 8:44pm - 36 comments - 0 attachments

  Update April 24, 2008 : It is now clear Sen. Kent Williams may have violated the state and county law. Sen. Williams, who recently dumped his very pregnant dog at the shelter, claimed he adopted the dog originally from the public shelter bu ...

Article - lauraallen - 12 Feb 2011 - 7:42pm - 3 comments - 0 attachments

Last year a nimal welfare supporters throughout North Carolina called for a legislative review of proposed rules governing euthanasia of dogs and cats at animal shelters in the state. The proposed rules have now become effective.  A non ...

Article - lauraallen - 12 Feb 2011 - 6:35pm - 5 comments - 0 attachments

The Spanish parliament's environmental committee has approved resolutions that would confer rights on apes. The resolutions are from the Great Apes Project which studies the lives and behavior of non-human great apes. The Great Apes Project has decl ...

Article - lauraallen - 12 Feb 2011 - 7:37pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Update April 13, 2009: During a hearing on October 13, 2008, Union County stipulated it was complying with all laws including regulations governing euthanasia and would in the future abide by all such regulations, as modified. The case was dismissed ...

Article - lauraallen - 12 Feb 2011 - 6:39pm - 2 comments - 2 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 end ...

Article - lauraallen - 12 Feb 2011 - 4:40pm - 5 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 gas chambers o ...

Article - lauraallen - 7 Feb 2011 - 2:39pm - 22 comments - 5 attachments

The City of Miami has passed an anti-tethering ordinance! Commissioner Joe Sanchez, an avid supporter of the ordinance, said he received thousands of emails from all over the world in support of this ordinance. Sanchez said, " Animals have a ...

Article - lauraallen - 2 Feb 2011 - 8:29pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Update June 7, 2008 : Declaring dog fighting in the state an "epidemic",  Anne Sterling, Indiana state director for the Humane Society of the United States, along with State Attorney General Steve Carter, announced the reward for t ...

Article - lauraallen - 2 Feb 2011 - 7:52pm - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Update : Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has signed Romeo's Law, S.B. 58. The bill is now law. The bill was earlier passed by the Kentucky legislature.  Romeo's Law, KY S.B. 58 which makes it a Class D felony to torture a dog or cat unless it is ...

Article - lauraallen - 2 Feb 2011 - 3:40pm - 10 comments - 0 attachments

Update Dec., 2008: This bill, H.B. 415, did not pass the Senate before the end of the legislative session. But H.B. 71 (scroll down) was signed into law! Update May, 2008:  The Ohio House Criminal Justice Committee heard compelling testimony ...

Article - lauraallen - 1 Feb 2011 - 9:02pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

  Update June 5, 2008 : Virginia Governor Tim Kaine has signed this bill into law! At the same time the Governor signed SB 26 which makes dog fighting a rackeetering activity that could mean charges under Virginia's Racketeering Influenced and Co ...

Article - lauraallen - 21 Jan 2011 - 2:47pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

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 Cheryl Mc ...

Article - lauraallen - 16 Jan 2011 - 8:21pm - 19 comments - 0 attachments

"I Left the Mill that night.. yet it has never left me... and never will.." Nicole Joncas 12/20/2007 by Doc Wheeler and Laura Allen Nicole Joncas operates Tejas Animal Refuge, in Ontario. She has bee ...

Article - lauraallen - 16 Jan 2011 - 8:40pm - 3 comments - 0 attachments

Update:  Boston Mayor Thomas Menino signed into law a ban on pet rentals. Previously, the City Council voted unanimously to ban pet rentals in the city.  Soon after Gov. Deval Patrick signed into law a statewide ban, H.B. 4893. One company ...

Article - lauraallen - 16 Jan 2011 - 8:47pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

Consumer Advisory: Pennsylvania Attorney General Corbett cautions consumers about international puppy sale or "dog rescue" scams HARRISBURG - Attorney General Tom Corbett today urged Pennsylvania consumers to be wary of international pu ...

Article - lauraallen - 16 Jan 2011 - 8:45pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

This year New York became the first and thus far only state to ban the killing of fur-bearing animals by electrocution. NY CLS Agr & M § 353-c (2008) It is a common practice to use anal and genital electrocution to kill these animals that are rais ...

Article - lauraallen - 16 Jan 2011 - 7:26pm - 2 comments - 0 attachments

Update April 17, 2008 : The Nebraska legislature passed and the governor has approved LB 764, a ban on horse tripping and steer tailing. Click here for a copy of the final bill. The Nebraska legislative session has now ended. Original re ...

Article - lauraallen - 16 Jan 2011 - 7:30pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments