Animal Legislation
Let’s Make Shelter Pets a Memory, not a Mascot
By Patti Strand | Published: 04/4/2013Celebrate the people involved in animal rescue and shelter work who dedicate their lives to saving lives, who come up with innovative ideas to find permanent homes for animals. Celebrate responsible pet owners. But don’t turn…
Legally Dog: a Brief Introduction
By Sara Chisnell-Voigt | Published: 01/14/2013Get to know NAIA’s newest contributor, Sara Chisnell-Voigt!
NAIA’s USDA Comments
By Patti Strand | Published: 08/15/2012NAIA’s comments to USDA APHIS regarding retail pet store and licensing exemptions.
Brave New World: The 2012 NAIA Conference
By Patti Strand | Published: 07/6/2012With presentations from world-renowned animal welfare authorities, award-winning writers, veterinarians, and experts in agriculture and law, this is the can’t-miss animal event of 2012!
Deadline Looms: Send Your Comments to USDA APHIS!
By Patti Strand | Published: 07/2/2012You don’t need to be a lawyer or a policy expert in order to provide effective comments to USDA APHIS.
The USDA Proposed Rule and You
By Patti Strand | Published: 05/17/2012The comment period is open for 60 days, your input will make a difference!
Maryland’s Pit Bull Owners: Guilty Until Proven Innocent
By Julian Prager | Published: 05/1/2012Common Law principles overruled in Maryland
Announcing the NAIA 2012 Conference!
By Patti Strand | Published: 04/12/2012Arm yourself with the facts: attend the NAIA 2012 Annual Conference!
Oregon HB 4170 Passes Unanimously
By Patti Strand | Published: 03/2/2012In an impressive display of bipartisanship, the Oregon state Legislature has unanimously passed HB 4170, a bill that authorizes dog training and testing on exclusive farm use (EFU) zones.
Diane Makinney, 1953-2012
By Patti Strand | Published: 02/25/2012The strength and character of any organization originates with its members and volunteers.
Anti-Breeding Legislation Gains in Alabama
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/11/2012Several animal rights groups schedule conferences throughout the country to focus local activists on anti-breeding ordinances and to assist in drafting laws that provide police powers to animal control officials. Shortly after such…
SFSPCA: Mandatory Cat Licensing: Ill-conceived and Ill-advised
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/10/2012The report begins with an indictment of the latest fad in animal control laws: The San Francisco SPCA has considered the various claims made for mandatory cat licensing legislation and has found little in the way of evidence - or…
Tuna Fishermen VS Environmentalists
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/10/2012Fishermen developed the purse seine method of catching large yellowfin tuna in 1957 and began casting these nets around dolphins swimming above schools of mature yellowfin. Even with the introduction of the back-down method of releasing…
The Tuna-Dolphin Connection
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/10/2012The simple facts are: Dolphins are marine mammals; they swim near the surface of the water and break through the surface to breathe. Marine mammals exist in all the world’s oceans.
Greenpeace, Other Groups Praise New US Congressional Effort
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/10/2012While nations grapple with decimation of fishing stocks in the North Atlantic Ocean, tuna fishermen in Southern California, Mexico, and Central and South America may finally begin to reap the fruits of their conservation labors…
“Dolphin Safe” Concerns Everyone
By Teresa Platt | Published: 01/10/2012America’s “dolphin safe” policy virtually eliminated the US tuna fleet from the eastern Pacific yellowfin tuna fishery in less than three years and subjected US tuna fishermen to pressures that few fleets could…
Dog Limit called unconstitutional in Minnesota
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/10/2012In June 1996 two dog owners in Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, were granted a summary judgment against the city for two dog limit laws the judge called “an invalid exercise of police power violating the plaintiffs’ Constitutional…
Summary Judgment
By William Perry Pendley | Published: 01/10/2012Years ago, when I was just starting out as an attorney, I worked on a criminal case in Wyoming that involved and alleged sexual assault. Since Wyoming had not changed the sexual assault portion of its criminal code after becoming…
California Federation Fights for Dog Owners’ Rights
By Judy Coffman | Published: 01/10/2012The California Federation of Dog Clubs was formed in 1990 after the disbanding of Responsible Dog Owners of the Golden State. RDOGS had been successful in getting a state-wide generic dangerous dog law passed and so precluded the…
Federation Loses After Long Struggle To Pass Puppy Lemon Law
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/10/2012The Pennsylvania Federation of Dog Clubs got a double whammy late last year when its long-sought puppy lemon law failed to pass the legislature but lawmakers acted quickly on a new bill that some fear will allow breed-specific ordinances…
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