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Animals News tagged with laws

Romeo's Law
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, dogs, cats, suffering, laws, AnimalCruelty, pets, protection )

Cher
- 4 hours ago - animalblawg.wordpress.com
In response to public outcry of a videotaped beating of a Labrador Retriever, Romeo- on April 16, 2008 Kentucky passed S.B. 58 (dubbed Romeo's law) which amended § 525.135 to state that the "torture of a dog or cat is a Class A misdemeanor for the first
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ACTION ALERT: Cosmetic Surgery And Mutilation Ban For Animals In Oregon!!!
Animals  (tags: cosemtic surgery, mutilation, cruelty, oregon, animal welfare, laws, protection )

Simone
- 3 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Although there are many sensible pet gaurdians and veterinary clinics, who do not practice cosmetic procedures on animals, it is still today a popular, yet unnecessary practice. Commonly used by breeders for the prefered look of different "breeds" (many
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ACTION ALERT: HELP BAN LIVE BAIT DOG TRAINING IN INDIANA !!!!
Animals  (tags: inidana, foxes, coyotes, penning, killing, live bait, cruelty, laws, animal welfare )

Simone
- 9 days ago - projectcoyote.org
On November 17th, the Indiana Natural Resources Commission will consider several formal petitions to prohibit the taking, killing and harassment of coyotes and red foxes for "penning" purposes and as live bait in the wild. Current loopholes in
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ACTION ALERT: Stop Unpunished Animal Cruelty in Costa Rica!!
Animals  (tags: animals killed, abused, animal cruelty, costa rica, government, animal welfare, animal abusers, punishment, laws, legalisation )

Simone
- 10 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Animal Cruelty in Costa Rica goes unpunished. If you denounced it, police do not get involved. And in rare case that they actually do, there is only a penalty of $USD 200 for abuse, toture, you name it... Please tell the Costa Rican goverment to make
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Obama Administration Still Neglecting Endangered Species
Animals  (tags: obama administration, wildlife, laws, legalisation, protection, extinction )

Simone
- 11 days ago - animalrights.change.org
President Obama's record on animal issues in his first year in office has been less than inspiring, including his decisions to give responsibility for protecting animals in his administration to decidedly un-animal-friendly people (Sam Hamilton to head
3 comments
ACTION ALERT: Help Save Downed Veal Calves From Cruelty!!!
Animals  (tags: veal calves, brutually abused, mistreated, killed, slaughtered, laws, protection, legalisation )

Simone
- 12 days ago - animallawcoalition.com
Veal calves are brutally treated their whole lives, long before they reach a slaughter house like Bushway. Veal calves are those male calves that are unwanted and removed from their mothers immediately after birth; they are confined often by tethers
8 comments
Los Angeles and Beverly Hills Join San Francisco in Moving Toward Cat De-Claw Bans
Animals  (tags: cats, welfare, legalisation, banning declawing, protection, laws )

Simone
- 12 days ago - examiner.com
The Los Angeles City Council today, in a preliminary action, voted unanimously to ban cat de-clawing, the Los Angeles Times reports. The council is scheduled to take a final vote on the measure on November 17, Similarly, on Thursday evening, the
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ACTION ALERT: Reintroduce S2439: FBI Database Tracking Animal Cruelty Crimes Act
Animals  (tags: animal protection, laws, FBI, database, tracking animal cruelty crimes act )

Simone
- 21 days ago - animalrights.change.org
PLEASE REINTRODUCE OR HELP SPONSOR Tracking Animal Cruelty Crimes Act of 2007 (S 2439) Sponsored by U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), this bill would have required the FBI to add animal cruelty as a separate category in its National Incident-Based
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Portuguese Circuses Hit By Ban
Animals  (tags: good news, portuguese circuses, animals banned, laws, animal welfare, wild animals, animal rights )

Simone
- 32 days ago - captiveanimals.org
The use of some wild animals will be phased-out in Portuguese circuses thanks to a new law introduced in October. The law prohibits the purchase of all species of primates, bears, seals, hippopotamuses, penguins, crocodiles, elephants, big cats, sea
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Cooped Up for Another Decade
Animals  (tags: animals, laws, AnimalWelfare, protection, environment, suffering, animalrights )

Cher
- 32 days ago - animalblawg.wordpress.com
An important bill concerning animal rights issues was signed into law this week in Michigan. As most of those who follow animal rights issues, specifically the treatment of animals that are processed and used in the food industry, California was the
3 comments
ACTION ALERT: Stop the Trade in Bear Parts !!!!!
Animals  (tags: chinese medicine trade, bears, butchered, slaughtered, bear parts, cruelty, protection, laws, legalisation )

Simone
- 36 days ago - secure3.convio.net
Across North America, black bears have been found with gallbladders removed, paws chopped off, and bodies left to rot, all to satisfy a demand in Asian communities both here and abroad. A gallbladder might fetch thousands of dollars on the black market,
8 comments
One Abuser, Two Victims
Animals  (tags: abused children, abused animals, abused cat, abusers, cruelty, protection, laws, courts )

Simone
- 41 days ago - groups.google.com
When 9-year-old Beth* was sexually abused by her stepfather, she told the prosecuting attorney that someone else knew about it -- but that he couldn' t talk. She was referring to her beloved cat, Oreo. Beth explained that Oreo would bravely
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ACTION ALERT: Supreme Justice Scalia Needs to Step Down and Not Promote Illegal Acts of Animal Cruelty!
Animals  (tags: judge scalia, protecting scum, animal cruelty, illegal acts, animal abused, misreated, laws )

Simone
- 41 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
We don't need a Supreme Court Judge that promotes illegal activities to represent us. Animal cruelty is illegal, but this judge says we can't control our lowest instincts...but we have to control our low instinct of killing, violating and robbing people,
8 comments
ACTION ALERT: Tell Nebraska Lawmakers No to Horse Slaughter!
Animals  (tags: horsees, welfare, laws, protection, nebraska lawmakers, no, horse slaughter )

Simone
- 44 days ago - animallawcoalition.com
Nebraska lawmakers are holding hearings to address what is described as the "problem" of disposing of horses now that slaughter in the U.S. is illegal. The legislature claims there is a "problem" of unwanted horses but now no way to dispose of them.
4 comments
ACTION ALERT: Ban Canadian Imports of Dog and Cat Fur!
Animals  (tags: canadian government, ban canadian dog cat fur imports, horrendous cruelty, seal slaughter, animal advocates, animal protection, laws )

Simone
- 47 days ago - all-creatures.org
Tell Prime Minister Harper and Agriculture Minister Ritz that you do not support the import of cat and dog fur - or the commercial seal slaughter.
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