Archive for the ‘Legislation’ Category

Barre, Vermont may just put the bars on the kitty city jail with a leash law for roaming felines.  A free roaming cat caused some claws to come out given that he likes to use the neighbor’s yard as a personal potty.  The potential leash law was presented over 60 years ago and did not [...]

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With so much talk about “Adopt Don’t Shop”, San Francisco could be one of the first major cities to potentially put their policy where the saying is.  Currently shelters overrun with unwanted animals,  in this case a plethora of hamsters. The city is considering a ban on animal sales with the exception of fish. The [...]

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The world’s most pampered pooch, a Chihuahua named Conchita was bequeathed a mansion, caretakers and a tidy 3 million dollar trust fund to be shared with her 2 canine siblings, much to her human sibling’s dismay.  The Wall Street Journal reported millionaire widow Gail Posner from Miami Beach left most of her assets to staff [...]

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German shepherds, Labradors, and Belgian Mainois are some of the breeds helping support the troops in Iraq.  These 4 legged soldiers are enduring battlefield conditions while performing various duties such as bomb sniffing and never asking anything in return. A NJ resident, Frank Yevchak started a group in support of canine soldier contributions called 4 [...]

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The justice system is applying modern DNA indexing systems to aid in the prosecution of dog fighting rings. In a report in The Huffington Post, the president of the ASPCA, Ed Sayres states: “Dog fighting, a multi-million dollar criminal enterprise that leads to the cruel treatment and deaths of thousands of dogs nationwide every year, [...]

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The norm for animal abuse cases of late seems to be the, in our opinion,  the punishment not fitting the crime…at all.  The lack of punishment for animal abusers is just maddening and frustrating on many levels. In the case of farm animal abuse, we were very surprised to hear that the bail for a  [...]

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We ran across an interesting article and in fact, this news is just down-right scary.  A pet owner’s neighbor was mowing his lawn when a hive of  agitated bees stung him 12 times and moved on in an angry rage.    The dog’s were in the wrong place at the wrong time-just chasing squirrels in [...]

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Animal Abuse Registry update. Important information for pets and children.

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