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Animals News tagged with animal laws

Protecting Animal Rights: A Quiet Revolution
Animals  (tags: animal welfare, animal rights, animal laws, protection, animal abusers, crimes, punishment, animal victims )

Simone
- 15 days ago - politicsdaily.com
The querulous political scene seems to have blocked progress on many social issues, but there's a quiet social revolution underway that no amount of partisan bickering appears able to stop: the movement toward more compassionate treatment of animals and
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ACTION ALERT: A Kitten Named Cuddles Died of Torture. PLEASE TOUGHEN ANIMAL CRUELTY LAWS FOR SAFER SOCIETY
Animals  (tags: animal welfare, cuddles, viciously tortured, animal laws, protection, legalisation, animal rights, punishment animal abusers )

Simone
- 46 days ago - change.org
Animal cruelty is escalating across the country. Like many other States-as animal cruelty is not taken seriously and treated like a misdemeanor-it appears Pennsylvania citizens has a new hobby: Torturing pets to death. However, due to lax animal cruelty
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More Bite in Pennsylvania Animal Cruelty Laws
Animals  (tags: governor rendell, puppy mills, animal welfare, animal laws, protection, legalisation )

Simone
- 88 days ago - examiner.com
A little more bite in Pennsylvania's animal cruelty laws was given by Governor Ed Rendell Wednesday when he signed into law House Bill 39. Governor Rendell and his wife Midge's dog, Maggie (who was rescued from a Lancaster puppy mill in 2007) attended
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ACTION ALERT: Fur Belongs To Beautiful Animals, NOT Ugly People!
Animals  (tags: fur trade, fur farms, savage cruelty, animal welfare, animal laws, protection )

Simone
- 107 days ago - gopetition.com.au
50 million animals are killed for their fur every year. The animals murdered by the fur trade every year include mink, fox, rabbit, chinchilla, raccoon, coyote, sable and wolf. Even cats and dogs are used - many of whom are skinned alive.
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ACTION ALERT: Tougher Laws for Animal Abuse!!!!!
Animals  (tags: animal abusers, animals harmed, abjused, laws, jail term, penalties, justice for animals, animal laws, protection, punishment )

Simone
- 126 days ago - animalrights.change.org
I would like to see more being done for animal abusers, I think the law is just not tough enough on these murders of animals and would like tougher sentences being enfoced on those who harm animals any way.
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PLZ TAKE ACTION: Stop Dog Mutilation In Ohio State University Lab!
Animals  (tags: dog experiments, dogs suffering, animal laws, animal welfare, animal protection, labratory )

Simone
- 185 days ago - all-creatures.org
PETA reviewed the records for 10 dogs recently used by Ohio State University's Dr. George Billman and found evidence that federal regulations may have been violated, including failure to minimize pain, discomfort, and distress; failure to provide
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Help End the Use of Live Pigs for Trauma Training at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Animals  (tags: animal experiments, trauma training, university of michigan, animal suffering, pigs killed, tortured, animal testing, animal laws, protection )

Simone
- 270 days ago - all-creatures.org
Please contact University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey president William F. Owen Jr., M.D., and politely urge him to end the practice of using live animals as teaching tools in Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) courses. The alternatives are
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Take the Pledge to Fight Animal Cruelty
Animals  (tags: animal pledge, fighting animal cruelty, aspca, animal advocates, animal rights, animal laws, protection )

Simone
- 272 days ago - animalrights.change.org
YES, I support the ASPCA in its steadfast commitment to end animal cruelty. I will do all that is possible to help the animals in my community live happy, healthy lives. To that end, I pledge to: - Learn to Recognize Animal Cruel
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SAVE DUTCHESS AND DUKE- Two Dogs Held as 'Evidence'-to Be Killed - Please Sign PETITION
Animals  (tags: two dopgs, held in evidence, animal cruelty case, imprisoned, to be killed, animal shelter, animal laws, no justice, rescuing animal advocates )

Simone
- 275 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Dutchess and Duke are two dogs held at the Estill County Animal Shelter, found hungry, sick and in solitary confinement. A rescue volunteer found the dogs and photographed them at the shelter 3 weeks ago, they were hidden in the back of the shelter out
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S.P.C.A. OFFICIALS SAY CULTURAL DIFFERENCES ARE TO BLAME FOR SOME CRUELTY CASES- Video
Animals  (tags: animal laws, animal welfare, cultural differences, animal cruelty, investigations, studies, animal advocates, animal protection, legislation )

Simone
- 294 days ago - nbc40.net
--Animal cruelty investigators across South Jersey fear neglect and abuse cases are reaching epidemic proportions. Officials say many of the issues are cultural based, and will take strong action to rectify. "We start off New Years day with dead dogs
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Animal Cruelty Bill Making Its Way Into the Legislature - VIDEO
Animals  (tags: stop torturing our pets, animal bill, animal welfare, protection, animal cruelty, animal rights, legislaiton, animal laws, animal advocates )

Simone
- 295 days ago - kidk.com
One of the bills, the state legislature will soon be working on is an animal cruelty bill. State and local animal advocacy groups are coming out in support of an animal cruelty bill drafted by the group called STOP, or Stop Torturing our Pets.
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Ridding New Mexico of the Last of Its Gas Chambers
Animals  (tags: new mexico, animal laws, bill introduced, animal welfare, animal shelters, ban gas chambers, homeless animals )

Simone
- 296 days ago - animallawcoalition.com
New Mexico state Rep. W. Ken Martinez has introduced a bill, H.B. 265, that would bar the Animal Services Sheltering Board from allowing any public shelter to kill dogs and cats using a CO gas chamber. Few shelters in New Mexico still use the gas
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BOYCOTT GREECE THEY ARE IGNORING THE AR LAWS- HORRIFIC ANIMAL CRUELTY CONTINUES - PLZ SIGN PETITION
Animals  (tags: greek animals, poisoned, abused, tortured, animal rights, animal laws, authorities, government, fighting animal cruelty )

Simone
- 374 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
GREECE HAS GOT ANIMAL WELFARE LAWS WHICH ARE BEING BLATANTLY IGNORED BY THE AUTHORITIES, THEREFORE THOUSANDS OF ANIMALS ARE SUFFERING NEEDLESSY AT THE HANDS OF MAN.
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Support National Animal Rescue Day! - CARE 2 PETITION
Animals  (tags: national animal rescue day, animal shelters, animal welfare, homeless animals, adoptions, animal laws )

Simone
- 414 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
In October 2007, Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D-NJ) introduced a bill in Congress to designate the first Saturday of every October as National Animal Rescue Day in order to "create awareness for animal rescue programs throughout the year, address the
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Spain Need a Legislation to Protect the ANIMALS! - PETITION
Animals  (tags: spain, animal laws, legislation, animal cruelty, bulls tortured, spanish blood fiesta, animal welfare )

Simone
- 433 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Is imperative a law enforcement for the animal proteccion............ I undestand as Spanish that we have traditions but many of then comes from so many years ago and we can't keep them the same way old people pass it on this traditions with pride and
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