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Chatham County, Georgia
Hearing date: January 4

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(Chatham County, GA) John Crosby’s 64-year-old neighbor says she’d do it all over again. Previously facing theft and trespass charges for entering Crosby’s property in October 2009 and unchaining his dog, Ann Wylene Lam had reportedly informed local authorities of the alleged neglect months earlier. Speaking with reporters in early December, she described her impression of the dog on the day she rescued him: “He’s not eating, he won’t pick his head up out of his bowl, he’s giving up, he’s just quitting.”

John Crosby expressed in a December 2009 news interview that he could not afford to take the dog to a veterinarian, and was unaware of the local prohibition against tethering. The dog was given over to Savannah/Chatham County Animal Control by Ms. Lam, but ultimately did not survive. John Crosby has been charged with tethering and animal neglect.

Neighbor disputes over animal care are all-too-common and the solutions are rarely expedient. When an animal’s life appears to be in immediate danger (due, for example, to temperature extremes and exposure or starvation), calling 911 is appropriate. Complaints to local law enforcement authorities should always be made via a formal written report, and keeping a dated journal of developments is often useful for witnesses. Here are some guidelines for addressing chronic animal neglect in your neighborhood:

• How to Help a Neighbor’s Neglected Animal
• Communicating With Law Enforcement
• Confronting Animal Neglect State by State – an ALDF Report
• 20 Ways to Help a Chained Dog from UnchainYourDog.org

The seal slaughter season and Canadian Olimpics are coming

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Joanna

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The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) sets out the ways the public can get access to information held by the Government. This includes information held by the Home Office, Universities and other bodies about animal experimentation.

There are a number of exemptions for the FOIA including one that says if another law bans information from being given out, then the FOIA doesn’t apply to that.

Unfortunately, this applies to animal experiments. Because Section 24 of the Animal (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 stops the Home Office giving out information about experiment licences which researchers want to keep secret, we can’t use the FOIA to get this information.

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1:25pm Thursday 12th November 2009

ENFIELD is the first council in the country to use only "cruelty-free" cleaning products.

The British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV), which campaigns to end animal experiments, voiced delight at the decision, made at last night's council meeting.

Councillor Christopher Cole introduced the motion in support of the BUAV's "Clean Up Cruelty" campaign, which seeks to end cruel animal testing for household products and their ingredients.

Enfield is now the first council in the UK whose cleaning contractors can only use BUAV-approved products.

BUAV chief executive Michelle Thew said: “The BUAV congratulates Enfield Council and its residents in taking this important stance.

"We urge other councils throughout the UK to adopt a similar position, and support our campaign to end the cruelty and suffering inflicted on animals to test cleaning products."

The BUAV campaign received success in Parliament recently, when all major parties pledged to put a ban on animal testing for household products in their manifestos for the next election.

In 1997 the Government decided to stop granting licences for cosmetics tests on animals, but there is no such prohibition for household products.

The BUAV’s Humane "Cosmetics Standard" and "Household Products Standard" are recognisable by the Leaping Bunny logo, an internationally recognised and patented cruelty-free certification.

For a list of BUAV-approved products, visit www.gocrueltyfree.org.

Cleaning up their act: All Enfield office products must now show this logo to prove they are kind to animals

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