McCain's VP Pick Works to Destroy Alaskan Wolves and Bears
Update August 30, 2008: The voters in Alaska did not pass the ballot initiative to stop aerial gunning of wolves, wolverines and grizzly bears.
Strange horse slaughter "journalism" at USA Today
by John Holland (reprinted with permission)
In her op-ed on horse slaughter titled Homeless on the Range (Aug. 14th 2007 USA Today), Mary Zeiss Stange demonstrates a remarkable journalistic ability to ferret out the truth and then painstakingly avoid it.
Comment: The horse slaughter gang that can't shoot straight
by John Holland, Senior Analyst AAHS (reprinted with permission)
Oh What A Tangled Web We Weave: The Deception of Pennsylvania's Dog Law
By Jenny Stephens, North Penn Puppy Mill Watch, www.nppmwatch.com
At Least 80 Reasons to Pass Pennsylvania's Puppy Mill Bills
Update August 20, 2008: Animal advocates from United Against Puppy Mills, North Penn Puppy Mill Watch, Pennsylvania SPCA, Main Line Animal Rescue, and New Jersey Consumers Against Pet Shop Abuse as well as concerned citizens gathered this past Friday at a Candlelight Vigil in memory of the 80 dogs shot by Elmer and Ammon Zimmerman.
Zimmerman parked a tractor across his driveway to keep people off his property. But this ceremony was not about him.
Join the Movement to Stop Cruel Methods of Killing Shelter Animals in NC!
Animal Law Coalition is a member of a steering committee that has formed in North Carolina to draft and pass legislation to mandate the only means of euthanasia for shelter animals shall be sodium pentobarbital by intravenous or intraperitoneal injection under regulated conditions.
Hearing on New Horse Slaughter Bill - Please Help Stop the Cruelty
Update August 13, 2008: No vote yet on the Conyers-Burton Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2008 by the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Dog Thrown Off Overpass - Please Help
A Boston Terrier, black and white, male, aged about 6 months, was thrown in a black garbage bag off an overpass on the Atlantic City Expressway in Atlantic City, New Jersey on July 24, 2008 at approximately 11:00 p.m.
The little dog was not micro-chipped or neutered.
Chief Carl Galioto of the New Jersey SPCA has offered $1000 of his own money as a reward for an yone with information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who committed this heinous crime. New Jersey Aid for Animals and Animal Law Coalition are each offering $250 as a reward.
Massachusetts Governor Signs Bill Banning Pet Rentals!
Update August 6, 2008: Governor Patrick has signed this bill. It is now illegal in Massachusetts to operate a pet rental business! That's 1 for the animals, 0 for the pet trade.
Read Animal Law Coalition's earlier reports below for information about this new law and the pet rental companies that tried to defeat it.
Thanks to Your Protests, BLM Delays Decision to Kill Wild Horses
Update: August 26, 2008
The BLM has delayed until later this year or perhaps next a decision about whether to begin euthanizing wild horses.
After announcing euthanasia as a solution to increasing costs of caring for wild horses, the BLM was inundated with more than 11,000 emails, 2-1 in favor of letting the horses live.
Please help us get justice for Hannah!!
Hannah, a four year old German Shepherd was formerly owned by a Tattnall County, GA, K-9 Handler and from a very young aged had been bred over and over and confined until her muscles atrophied, starved and neglected.
