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Animals News tagged with California

Cat De-Claw Bans Continue to Gain Momentum Across California
Animals  (tags: animals, cats, declaw, bans, California, environment, habitat, pets, protection )

Cher
- 6 days ago - examiner.com
Following the passage of recent bans on cat de-clawing in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Berkeley, Beverly Hills and Santa Monica, several other California cities and counties now are looking into similar ordinances, The New York Times reports. Among the
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California Bans Tail-Docking of Cows
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, cows, tail docking, illegal, California, suffering, protection )

Cher
- 42 days ago - blog.peta.org
That sentence in the Central Valley Business Times says it all. California state proved it was full of animal-friendly folk when Prop. 2 passed last year, and now lawmakers in the state have just signed a law that will make the docking of cows' tails
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Schwarzenegger Vetoes Puppy Mill Bill
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, puppy mill bill, vetoed, Schwarzenegger, California, environment, protection, pets, dogs )

Cher
- 42 days ago - fortheloveofthedogblog.com
Hey Californians, does Gov. Schwarzenegger have something against dogs and companion animals? First he proposes a bill to tax vet services as luxuries, luckily that didn't pass, then he passes a law to kills animals faster in shelters and
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Animal Advocates Win Some, Lose Some as Schwarzenegger Sign Bills
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, Schwarzenegger, bills, California, protection )

Cher
- 42 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
In a last-minute signing-and-vetoing frenzy, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger took action -- albeit not always the action animal advocates hoped for -- late Sunday on a number of animal-related bills that were approved during the recently-concluded legislative
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Animal Protection Bills Await Gov. Schwarzenegger's Signature Following the Close of State Legislative Session
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, protection, California, bills, environment, pets )

Cher
- 69 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
As California's legislative session drew to a close last week, one big winner in the fight for animal-protection issues emerged: Assemblyman Pedro Nava (D-Santa Barbara), who introduced three bills that passed California state Assembly and Senate votes
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California Cuts Holding Time Of Shelter Dogs
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, dogs, shelters, California, holding time, pets, protection )

Cher
- 72 days ago - dogblog.dogster.com
Sadly, it's official, California has cut the holding time of shelter dogs from six days to three. In 1997 the Hayden Bill, otherwise known as the Animal Adoption Mandate, required shelters to hold abandoned animals a minimum of four days and usually up
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California Budget Crisis Means More Pets May Die
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, strays, shelters, California, death, pets, protection )

Cher
- 75 days ago - mnn.com
Humane Society officials say they may be forced to cut mandatory holding period for stray animals.
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Tell California Governor to Sign S.B. 135 to Help Dairy Cows ! TAKE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, cows, tail docking, cruelty, California, environment, protection, suffering )

Cher
- 75 days ago - all-creatures.org
Tell Governor Schwarzenegger to sign S.B. 13 into law. The bill has passed through both the state Senate and the California Assembly with bipartisan support. This legislation would end the cruel practice of chopping off up to two-thirds of dairy cows'
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Budget Crisis Cuts Holding Time at Pet Shelters
Animals  (tags: shelters, adoption, waiting times, California, Bay Area, dogs, cats, euthanasia )

Raffi
- 76 days ago - sfgate.com
The notion that your beloved pet could escape the yard and be put to death before you even have time to post flyers is a real possibility because of California's budget crisis, according to animal shelter and Humane Society Officials.
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Fur Flies Over Proposed Ban on Declawing Cats
Animals  (tags: declawing, ban, SFPCA, cats, California, community, animalwelfare )

Raffi
- 77 days ago - sfgate.com
In this pet-crazy town, it sounds like a no-brainer: a proposed ban on the declawing of cats, framed by supporters as a simple animal cruelty measure. But the ban is opposed by the San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and
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California Fires Not the Only Thing Hurting Communities in California
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, birds, wildlife, California, habitat )

Cher
- 82 days ago - planetsave.com
Communities of all sorts are being disturbed by the fires in California. As another result of climate change, bird communities are expected to see some big changes in other ways, according to a new report released on September 1.
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TELL CA TO STOP WASTING YOUR STIMULUS TAX MONEY-PASS SB250-PET RESPONSIBILITY ACT!
Animals  (tags: california, stimulus tax money, homeless animals, slaughtered, animal welfare )

Simone
- 83 days ago - animalrights.change.org
REGARDLESS WHAT STATE YOU LIVE IN-California is receiving billions in Federal Stimulus money, and a lot of it is funding the destruction of unwanted pets-every year a QUARTER OF A BILLION DOLLARS is spent just to kill California pets, and the great major
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Acton Sanctuaries Shambala and Animal Acres Have Different Strategies for Dealing With Station Fire
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, sanctuary, tigers, wildfires, California, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 84 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
Although the Station fire, which doubled in size to 85,000 acres overnight, has reached the doorstep of the Shambala big cat sanctuary in Acton, the resident lions, tigers and other animals are (hopefully) staying put. Chris Gallucci, Shambala's vice
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Big Cat Animal Preserve in Acton Readies for Fire | L.A. Now
Animals  (tags: fires, California, sanctuary, lions, tigers, resued, provision, protection )

Raffi
- 85 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
Lions, tigers and fire -- oh my! Flames are roaring across the street from the Shambala Preserve, an exotic animal center in Acton. But the 64 lions, tigers, leopards and other big cats that live here are staying put. As firefighters beat back
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Whales on the Web: Reality TV Goes Au Naturel - Living
Animals  (tags: whales, whale watching virtual, California, web, education )

Raffi
- 89 days ago - miamiherald.com
You don't have to leave your desk to watch the whales and dolphins play in the Pacific Ocean off Southern California. David Anderson has mounted seven cameras and built an underwater viewing pod on his 50-foot, high-tech, high-speed Catamaran and
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