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

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

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 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

Update July 10, 2008: This bill has passed the Arizona legislature, and Governor Janet Napolitano has signed it into law!   Read Animal Law Coalition's earlier report for more information on this new law to ban roadside sales of animals and lim ...

Article - lauraallen - 12 Aug 2008 - 9:36pm - 0 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

Yes, they are cruel and inhumane. No, they are not less humane than other methods of euthanasia. No, there may be instances when gas chambers are appropriate. I'm not sure. ...

Poll - lauraallen - 13 Feb 2008 - 3:07am - 12 comments - 0 attachments

State: Missouri Bill Number: Senate Bill 886 SECOND REGULAR SESSION SENATE BILL NO. 886 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY INTRODUCED BY SENATOR JUSTUS. Pre-filed December 18, 2007, and ordered printed. TERRY L ...

Pending Bill - lauraallen - 7 Feb 2008 - 8:39pm - 2 comments - 0 attachments

                                       Update: This bill has died.                        Original report: All of animal fighting may soon be a Class 5 felony in Arizona. ...

Article - lauraallen - 21 Jul 2008 - 6:23pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Update: This bill has died.  This one should be a no brainer.  Bill No. 5656 pending before the Connecticut General Assembly would ban the declawing of cats. The only exception would be for therapeutic reasons, meaning an infec ...

Article - lauraallen - 20 Jul 2008 - 8:28pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

                                        Upd ate: The Tennessee legislature has adjourned without passing these bills that proposed to regulate commercial dog and cat breeders. For more on these bi ...

Article - lauraallen - 14 Jul 2008 - 2:54am - 0 comments - 0 attachments

A group called Families Against Breed Bans is taking on an organization calling itself Families and Dogs Against Fighting Breeds (FDAFB), which plans to sponsor a citizen's initiative that would basically ban pit bull type dogs and possibly ot ...

Article - lauraallen - 9 Jun 2008 - 5:48pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

                                        Update: The Ohio legislature is in summer recess. Update May 24, 2008:   In a committee hearing inexplicably cut short this past week, there was more testimony b ...

Article - lauraallen - 10 Jul 2008 - 11:13pm - 0 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 ...

Article - lauraallen - 18 May 2008 - 7:42pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

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

Article - lauraallen - 18 May 2008 - 7:42pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

On March 12, 2008 the Georgia House Agriculture & Consumer Affairs Committee held a hearing on H.B. 1060. But the bill has not been voted out of committee and is not likely to go further in this legislative session.  Among those who app ...

Article - lauraallen - 18 May 2008 - 5:44pm - 1 comment - 1 attachment

Responsible Owners of Arkansas Dogs, Inc. or "ROADS, Inc.", a dog owners group, along with several pit bull owners have brought a lawsuit against the Arkansas cities of Jacksonville, Lonoke, North Little Rock, and Beebe. The plaintiffs ...

Article - lauraallen - 18 May 2008 - 5:43pm - 1 comment - 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 th ...

Article - lauraallen - 18 May 2008 - 5:34pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

Missouri State Senator Jolie Justus has introduced legislation that would make breed discrimination illegal in Missouri. Yes, Missouri where pit bull type dogs are banned or strictly regulated in a number of cities and towns. S.B. 886 is simp ...

Article - lauraallen - 9 Jun 2008 - 6:01pm - 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 ti ...

Article - lauraallen - 7 Jun 2008 - 8:28pm - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Update May 16, 2008 : This bill has passed the House but with changes. The bill bans  use of decompression chambers and carbon monoxide gas chambers to kill animals except that veterinarians may still use the gas chamber for this purpose if he ...

Article - lauraallen - 6 Jun 2008 - 9:38pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Update May 20, 2008 :  Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer announced today that the USDA plans to reinstate a complete ban on non-ambulatory cattle or so-called "downer cows" from being slaughtered and processed at meat plants. U.S ...

Article - lauraallen - 20 May 2008 - 8:23pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

                                            Update April 3, 2008 : A hearing was held this past week to determine if there was sufficient evidence for Christopher Lee Barnett to stand trial for severel ...

Article - lauraallen - 18 May 2008 - 5:46pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Until now, Idaho was one of a handful of states where dog fighting was only a misdemeanor. And that law was pretty vague as to what activity associated with dog fighting would be illegal. Now, though, both the Idaho House of Representatives a ...

Article - lauraallen - 18 May 2008 - 5:42pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Update May 5, 2008 :  Gertrude Maxwell's dream has come true. Her bill has passed the Florida state legislature, and Governor Charlie Crist is expected to sign it. The bill creates a non-profit agency within the state Department ...

Article - lauraallen - 5 May 2008 - 4:36pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

The West Virginia legislature is considering a bill that would allow feral and abandoned cats to live in managed colonies. Thanks to the work of  Save a Kitty Feral Cat Program , the bill, SB 560, would require counties and cities to p ...

Article - lauraallen - 10 Feb 2008 - 5:07pm - 2 comments - 0 attachments

I [have] read [Nathan Windograd's book,] Redemption .  I spent almost a year as the director of the local so called "humane" society in Wooster, Ohio.  I came into a high kill shelter and in one month stopped all the killing of do ...

Article - lauraallen - 18 Feb 2008 - 9:35pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

A federal grand jury has handed down indictments as a result of the sale of tainted pet food that last year caused thousands of dogs and cats to become ill or die.  The FDA has estimated 1,950 cats and 2,200 dogs died as a result of the tainted f ...

Article - lauraallen - 10 Feb 2008 - 5:24pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

State: West Virginia Bill Number: Senate Bill 560   Senate Bill No. 560 (By Senator Boley) ____________ [Introduced February 4, 2008; referred to the Committee on Agriculture; and then to the Committee o ...

Pending Bill - lauraallen - 7 Feb 2008 - 6:49pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

                                       Update March 5, 2008 : Thanks to the efforts of Alley Cat Allies and your letters and calls and signatures on the petition - not to mention a rally in front of City Ha ...

Article - lauraallen - 7 Mar 2008 - 12:23am - 0 comments - 0 attachments