Animal Legislation
Connecticut Lawmakers Pass Breeder Licensing Bill, Criminal Penalties Included
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 06/30/1998The Connecticut State Legislature approved HB 5495, a bill that criminalizes breeders who do not apply for a kennel license. The bill allows unannounced inspections of registered kennels and imposes fines up to $1000 and jail terms…
Feds Drop 29 Species From ESA
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 06/30/1998With a pair of Bald Eagles and their chick in the background, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt announced that the federal government will drop 29 species from the Endangered Species Act list of protected species at a May 5 press…
California Federation Fights for Dog Owners’ Rights
By Judy Coffman | Published: 12/31/1997The 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…
A Tale of Two Dog Laws
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 10/31/1997Dog owners and fanciers are facing an onslaught of restrictive laws at state and local levels throughout the country. Animal rights activists promote breeder restrictions in the guise of consumer protection laws and solutions to…
Wolf Hybrid Owners Face Double Whammy
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 10/31/1997Wolf hybrids, those canines that are crosses between wolves and dogs, are feared by many, maligned by some, and canines non grata in a growing number of communities. The reasons? Like many animals, hybrids can be unpredictable and…
Missouri Federation of Animal Owners
By Anne Edwards | Published: 10/31/1997The Missouri Federation of Animal Owners educates the public and informs members of proposed legislation that may affect them as animal owners, users, and enthusiasts. We are the experts on the animal rights movement in Missouri…
A Woman’s Work Is Never Done
By Carol Williams | Published: 10/31/1997This story actually began in 1973 with the first updating of the Clark County, Washington, animal control ordinance in 15 years. We didn’t know at the time that we were waging a war that would go on for years and perhaps never…
RPOA Breaks New Ground in Texas
By Mary Beth Duerler | Published: 10/31/1997In case you haven’t heard, there’s an insidious cancer creeping across the country called ‘animal rights.’ Crazy as it sounds, their agenda is to end all use of animals, including pet ownership.
Pet Lemon Laws and Nails in the Coffin
By Anna Sadler | Published: 10/31/1997Cat and dog fanciers have long been their own worst enemies in the breeding ban wars, and the reason for this is the intense love they feel for the pets that they breed, show and that share their homes.
California Bill Charges $250 for Breeder Permit
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 10/31/1997California Senate Bill 621 has been amended to include a $250 annual permit for anyone who has sold, transferred, or given away “one or more dogs during the preceding calendar year” or sold a puppy or kitten received…
Spay or Pay
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 10/31/1997The Los Angeles, California, Board of Animal Commissioners has approved a proposal for a tax of $500 on unsterilized pets. The ordinance was drafted by the city’s Pet Population Task Force in an attempt to deal with a large…
New York State Prohibits Breed-Specific Legislation
By Sue Weiss | Published: 10/31/1997Ten years in the Assembly without passage! No Senate sponsor around - then along came the Long Island Coalition of Dog Fanciers and rattled the crates.
Why Pennsylvania’s Dog Clubs Fought for a Puppy Lemon Law
By Dotsie Keith | Published: 10/31/1997In some parts of our country, purebred dog fanciers are fighting against overly restrictive state and local laws that have been imposed on breeders. Why then, would the 108 dog clubs of the Pennsylvania Federation of Dog Clubs fight…
OVDO Wants Changes in Animal Cruelty Bill
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 10/31/1997Ohio Valley Dog Owners is in the unenviable position of opposing an animal cruelty bill in the Ohio House of Representatives because it does not make exemptions for customary animal husbandry practices, require training or adherence…
The Tuna-Dolphin Connection
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 03/19/1997The 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: 03/19/1997While 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…
Dog Limit called unconstitutional in Minnesota
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 03/19/1997In 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…
San Mateo Ordinance Fails Test of Time
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 03/19/1997Year one of the San Mateo County Pet Overpopulation Ordinance coincided with an increase in euthanasia in the affected unincorporated county and a reversal of the prior down-trend.”
New Rules Proposed for Animal Transport
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 03/19/1997The US Department of Agriculture is proposing several changes in the Animal Welfare Act, including a new rule that would prohibit air transport of dogs and cats if the ambient air temperature reaches 90 degrees at any point in the…
Federation Loses After Long Struggle To Pass Puppy Lemon Law
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 02/28/1997The 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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