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 - 255 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 - 62 comments - 0 attachments

" 37% of those horses are going to be slaughtered because they couldn't run fast enough....So, it's run for your life ." Actor Paul Sorvino Those involved in the business of horse racing are always looking for pedigrees that produce sm ...

Article - lauraallen - 15 May 2008 - 4:44pm - 7 comments - 0 attachments

Update July 30, 2008: Following a bench trial, a Carroll County, Virgnia judge has found Lanzie "Junior" Horton guilty of animal cruelty and neglect and failing to have a license for the nearly 1,000 dogs held in his commercia ...

Article - lauraallen - 26 Aug 2008 - 7:21pm - 2 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

Update Aug. 29, 2008 : Rep. John Galloway has clarified that he did not intend to allow breed discrimination in Pennsylvania with his bill. Rep. Galloway has amended the bill to prohibit municipalities from banning specific breeds.  & ...

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Update: This resolution did not pass before the end of the legislative session. Original report : Missouri state Sen. Wes Shoemyer is pushing Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 35 which refers to horse slaughter as "horse harvesting&quo ...

Article - lauraallen - 26 Aug 2008 - 5:18pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

From the Anti-Fur Society: Extreme brutality is used in slaughtering horses in Mexico - in particular the Market of San Bernabe.  Horses - former pet horses - young, old, sick, healthy, stolen, pregnant mares...none are sacred!   Most peop ...

Article - lauraallen - 26 Aug 2008 - 4:48pm - 1 comment - 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 ra ...

Article - lauraallen - 5 May 2008 - 7:35pm - 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

Need a dog or a cat, may be a ferret to keep you company?  But don't want to take care of it for more than a few hours, days or weeks?  A burgeoning new industry advertises that you can now rent a pet. At first it sounds like a great idea. ...

Article - lauraallen - 19 Jul 2008 - 4:55pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

More than 90% of puppies sold by pet stores come from for profit commercial breeders also known as puppy mills. The owners of the pet store, Pets of Bel Air, in Los Angeles made famous not only by their celebrity clientele but also by a widely publici ...

Article - lauraallen - 14 Jul 2008 - 2:57am - 0 comments - 0 attachments

If you need more reason to support the California Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty initiative on this November's ballot or propose a similar initiative or law in your state, watch the video below . Mercy for Animals went undercover at Gemperl ...

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

Chicago's Mayor Richard M. Daley in a maneuver reminiscent of the politics of his infamous father, former Mayor Richard J. Daley, refused to allow debate of a measure voted on this week by the City Council to repeal the city's ban on foie gras . Al ...

Article - lauraallen - 10 Jul 2008 - 11:14pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

By Merritt Clifton, editor, Animal People ( reprinted with permission )   TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras--Costa Rican shock artist Guillermo "Habacuc" Vargas may become a real-life Central American counterpart of the Ancient Mariner , ...

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

Adapted & posted with permission by Sheryl Rapee-Adams, Best Friends Network Photo by Sheryl Rapee-Adams Just hours before Vermont's legislative session ended for the season, the Student Choice bill passed the Vermont Senate unanimously ...

Article - lauraallen - 10 Jul 2008 - 11:07pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Tulsa, Oklahoma has abandoned its policy of not adopting out pit bulls or pit bull mixes. The city's animal shelter has announced it will allow these dogs to be adopted.  The rejection of the uncodified breed ban was prompted, in part, by a leg ...

Article - lauraallen - 24 May 2008 - 8:55pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

There will be no more roadside sales of puppies or other animals in Fort Worth, Texas. The Fort Worth city council has passed an ordinance making it illegal to " sell, exchange, trade, barter, lease, rent, give away or display for a commercial pur ...

Article - lauraallen - 23 Jun 2008 - 4:34pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

State: Oregon 600.150. Prohibition against restrictive confinement.    (1) As used in this section: (a) "Pig" means a porcine animal of a type maintained as livestock. (b) "Turning around freely" means ha ...

Law - lauraallen - 28 May 2008 - 11:18pm - 0 comments

From the New York Bird Club: Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal has sponsored Bill A.7870-A, co-sponsored in the Senate by Senator Frank Padavan (S.5206-A), which would amend the agriculture and markets law to include wildlife in the scope of ...

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  Here is Part II of the HBO video. Click here to read the article and watch Part I.   ...

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New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez (D) has introduced a bill that would help law enforcement track animal abusers.  The Tracking Animal Cruelty Crimes Act, Senate Bill 2439, would require the National Incident Based Reporting System, the Uniform ...

Article - lauraallen - 15 May 2008 - 12:00am - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Bibb County, Georgia has joined the anti-tethering movement!  The county council has unanimously adopted a ban on all tethering or chaining of dogs or cats when the owner is not present.  This includes tying the dog or cat to a pulley.   Y ...

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State: Pennsylvania Bill Number: House Bill 499 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE BILL No. 499 Session of 2007         INTRODUCED BY DiGIROLAMO, O'NEILL, SCAVELLO, RE ...

Pending Bill - lauraallen - 12 May 2008 - 1:48pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

State: Missouri Bill Number: Senate Concurrent Resolution 35 WHEREAS, horse processing is the most tightly regulated of any animal harvest, and the horse is the only animal that has its transportation to processing regulated. ...

Pending Bill - lauraallen - 7 May 2008 - 10:25pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

State: Vermont Sec. 4.  16 V.S.A. § 912 is added to read: § 912.  PUPIL'S RIGHT OF REFUSAL; ANIMAL DISSECTION (a)  A student in a public elementary or secondary school or an approved independent school shall have the ri ...

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State: New York § 353-c.   Electrocution of fur -bearing animals prohibited    1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall intentionally kill, or stun to facilitate the killing of, a fur-bearing animal by mean ...

Law - lauraallen - 5 May 2008 - 7:29pm - 0 comments

Like several states, Tennessee offers an "Animal Friendly" license plate.  Tenn. Code Ann. §55-4-290  The proceeds from the sale of these plates go into a fund "to be used exclusively for grants to non-profit organizations or governm ...

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