Two recent tiger attacks in Missouri could prompt stronger support for a bill tightening controls over dangerous exotic animals, the legislator who has led the effort for several years said Wednesday.
Rep. Michael Sutherland, R-Warrenton, said a bill he sponsored in the past and will sponsor again would regulate exotics as pets and provide more state [...]
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Factory farming practices cannot be considered humane simply because they are widely used, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, setting a legal precedent for further actions to end the worst abuses on factory farms throughout the United States.
In a unanimous decision, the court struck down the New Jersey Department of Agriculture’s regulations exempting [...]
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Former TV game show host Bob Barker came on down Tuesday to lobby Chicago aldermen on a plan to require that the city’s dogs and cats be sterilized, but found his pet cause was far from a done deal.
Aldermen questioned whether an ordinance requiring that all cats and dogs be spayed or neutered by age [...]
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New York lawmakers have agreed to punish spectators at animal fights with fines up to $500 for a first offense.
The legislation, which passed the Senate by a voice vote and unanimously in the Assembly, says it’s a violation to knowingly go anyplace animal fighting is staged. A second offense within five years would be a [...]
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A bill before Ohio’s House of Representatives seeks to ban pit bulls.
Ohio House Bill 568 was introduced by Rep. Tyrone Yates, of Cincinnati. The bill is considered overly harsh by some, allowing for seizure and euthanization of existing pit bulls and the prohibition of owning, keeping or harboring “a dog that belongs to a breed [...]
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Owners of perpetually barking dogs — perpetually being defined in this case as 30 continuous minutes with no break of greater than five minutes — will be subject to fines of up to $500 and could lose their dogs upon a third conviction under an ordinance approved last night by the Board of Supervisors in [...]
The Assembly on Monday approved a bill that would ticket motorists $35 for the common practice of allowing dogs and cats on their laps while driving, though some pet owners oppose the bill.
State government statistics indicate 4,300 accidents daily are linked to driver distraction. A national study ranked pets among the top distractions. Experts say [...]
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New York has become the first state in the nation to ban the electrocution of animals in a particularly gruesome way to harvest their fur.
The law bans the practice of anal and genital electrocution of fur-bearing animals, including mink, foxes, chinchillas and rabbits. The misdemeanor is punishable by up to a year in jail.
National animal [...]
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It is a world in which the goldfish are never lonely, the dogs are always obedient and the guinea-pigs are never tormented by children.
Under a new Swiss law enshrining rights for animals, dog owners will require a qualification, anglers will take lessons in compassion and horses will go only in twos.
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Today, U.S. Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) introduced legislation that would prevent importing and confining exotic animals for the purpose of hunting. This type of hunting, commonly known as “canned hunting,” is a brutal practice of placing an animal in an enclosure that severely limits its ability to escape.
“There is nothing sportsmanlike or skillful about [...]
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