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 - 49 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

                                        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 ...

Article - lauraallen - 18 May 2008 - 5:35pm - 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 August 30, 2008 :   The voters in Alaska did not pass the ballot initiative to stop aerial gunning of wolves, wolverines and grizzly bears. The Defenders of Wildlife and Alaskans for Wildlife which supported the initiative, said they w ...

Article - lauraallen - 7 Sep 2008 - 10:39pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

                                                                   Update July 9, 2008: The Boston City Council has voted to ban pet rentals in the city! The vote was unanimous. ...

Article - lauraallen - 12 Aug 2008 - 9:37pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

                                       Update: The Whitehall, Ohio City Council has decided not to pursue a breed ban! Original report. A proposed pit bull ban is set for hearing in Whitehall, Ohio. The ban is ...

Article - lauraallen - 9 Jun 2008 - 5:56pm - 2 comments - 0 attachments

By a vote of 66-1 Minnesota's Senate passed amendments today to the state's dangerous dog laws. These amendments are pending in the state's House of Representatives. Supporters successfully fended off any amendment to add a breed ban.    Cli ...

Article - lauraallen - 9 Jun 2008 - 5:46pm - 2 comments - 0 attachments

Update April 14, 2008 :  The Ohio House Criminal Justice Committee heard compelling testimony in support of the Animal Fighting bill, H.B. 415. Annette M. Fisher , Executive Director of Happy Trails Farm Animal Sanctuary described how last ...

Article - lauraallen - 14 Apr 2008 - 5:51pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

Update: The Iowa House passed this bill to make attendance at an animal fight a felony, and it is now the law! Original report : The Iowa Senate has passed a bill, S.F. 2203 that would increase the penalty for being a spectator at an animal ...

Article - lauraallen - 21 Jul 2008 - 5:19pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Update: These bills have died. The Missouri legislature is considering changes to the state's dog fighting laws. One change would make it a Class D felony instead of a misdemeanor on a second and subsequent offense of being present for a dog ...

Article - lauraallen - 21 Jul 2008 - 5:15pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

by Jonathan Stone Rankin, Esq. reprinted with permission Pet rental or "flexible ownership" companies may be coming to Massachusetts soon; one in particular has announced an opening in Boston this year. With this new, unregulated indus ...

Article - lauraallen - 10 Jul 2008 - 11:16pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Update May 16, 2008 : Governor Bill Ritter has now signed this landmark bill! Original report : Colorado has become the fourth state along with Florida, Arizona and Oregon to ban gestation crates for pregnant pigs.  It has become the secon ...

Article - lauraallen - 10 Jul 2008 - 11:15pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

                                        The North Carolina Coalition for Humane Euthanasia (NCCHE) and the Humane Society of Union County (HSUC) have brought a lawsuit in state court against Union C ...

Article - lauraallen - 18 May 2008 - 5:51pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

The City of Delta, Colorado has given Melissa Heinzen until May 4, 2008 to stop feeding a feral cat colony in Confluence Park.  Animal Control Officer Tammy Holden has given Ms. Heinzen until then to relocate the cats. The city intends  to t ...

Article - lauraallen - 29 Apr 2008 - 7:02pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

By:  Jenny Stephens, North Penn Puppy Mill Watch, www.nppmwatch.com ( reprinted with permission)   It wasn't long ago that canine animal advocates in Pennsylvania were filled with hope after sensing a whisp of change in the air.   Now ...

Article - lauraallen - 18 May 2008 - 5:47pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

By JOANNE BOURBEAU ( reprinted with permission ) (The Vermont puppy mill bill did not make it out of committee this year. Click here for more on that bill and the politics that helped defeat it.)  Last August 250 dogs and puppies li ...

Article - lauraallen - 18 May 2008 - 5:45pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

The slaughter of buffalo around Yellowstone National Park continues unabated. In the latest round of killing since 2002 these beautiful creatures, icons of the American plains have been killed or rounded up and taken to slaughterhouses in large number ...

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

Alaska is no longer one of the states where animal cruelty is not a felony under any circumstances. Until now it was no more than a Class A misdemeanor to abuse an animal in Alaska no matter the intent of the perpetrator or the extent of the abu ...

Article - lauraallen - 18 May 2008 - 5:35pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Click here to stream Maria Danes' song, Monkey in a Cage.   Click here to download. The Chimpanzee Health Improvement, Maintenance and Protection ("CHIMP") Act, 42 USCS § 287a-3a guarantees life time sanctuary an ...

Article - lauraallen - 5 May 2008 - 5:30pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

State: Bill Number: HR 5852 Great Ape Protection Act (Introduced in House) HR 5852 IH 110th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5852 To prohibit the conducting of invasive research on great apes, ...

Pending Bill - lauraallen - 26 Apr 2008 - 6:13pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

State:  § 287a-3a.  Sanctuary system for surplus chimpanzees (a) In general. The Secretary shall provide for the establishment and operation in accordance with this section of a system to provide for the lifetime care of chimpan ...

Law - lauraallen - 19 Apr 2008 - 6:57pm - 0 comments

The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Domestic Policy Subcommittee held a hearing on April 17 called " After the Beef Recall: Exploring Greater Transparency in the Meat Industry". The Subcommittee, chaired by ...

Article - lauraallen - 19 Apr 2008 - 6:30pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

State: Alaska Bill Number: Senate Bill No. 176/House Bill 256     SENATE BILL NO. 176                                                                     ...

Pending Bill - lauraallen - 11 Apr 2008 - 8:31pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

It's hard to conceive of anyone stabbing a dog repeatedly with a power drill and then drilling holes in its head.  But that is what Severino Cruz of Connecticut is accused of doing to Baby, his brother's dog. Cruz claims Baby bit his son. His so ...

Article - lauraallen - 11 Apr 2008 - 3:33pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Read the story of Rocky and then write or call the prosecutor listed below and urge prosecution of Armando Preciado. Demand justice for Rocky. Update April 11, 2008: Your calls and letters are having an effect. The prosecutors may be considering ...

Article - lauraallen - 11 Apr 2008 - 3:29pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

State: Minnesota Bill Number: H.F. 2906/S.F. 2876 H.F. No. 2906, 3rd Engrossment - 85th Legislative Session (2007-2008)   Posted on Mar 19, 2008 1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to animals; changing prov ...

Pending Bill - lauraallen - 3 Apr 2008 - 11:19pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Last week in Monroe County, Tennessee a dog literally chewed off its back leg to try to escape its tether. A neighbor noticed Panda, a 97 pound pure bred St. Bernard, was tied up and tangled in the cord. The next day the neighbor noticed a serious wou ...

Article - lauraallen - 3 Apr 2008 - 6:14pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments