Animal Law Coalition

I did vote for you. I was intrigued by your call for "change". You signaled a dramatic new course, one of openness and inclusion.  Certainly I applauded your choice of Joe Biden as vice president, a staunch animal welfare advocate.

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CHICAGO, (EWA) - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has issued the long awaited health requirements for all horses bound for slaughter in Canada. In 2009, 56% of the 93,812 horses slaughtered in Canada were U.S. exports.

The Ohio legislature should take note: If legislators fail to pass humane standards for farm animals in the implementing legislation for Issue 2, voters may vote this November, 2010 to amend the state constitution and ban the Livestock Care Standards Board from allowing certain cruel factory farming practices.

It has been more than two years since Nye County, Nevada animal control officer Tim McCarty took control of a facility in the town of Pahrump that many have described as an Auschwitz for cats.

SIGNATURE DRIVE SUPPORTING THE OHIO DOG AUCTIONS ACT

South Dakota's legislature has already this session passed a resolution, H.C.R. 1003,  calling for the return of horse slaughter to the U.S.  The resolution,   exhorts Congress to defeat the Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act, H.R. 503/S.B. 727. 

Missouri state Rep. James Viebrock has introduced a bill, H.B. 1747, that would authorize registration and inspections for commercial horse slaughter for human consumption.

Under the Colorado Dept. of Agriculture regulations for the state's Pet Animal Care and Facilities Act, "[f]acilities that breed, train or house Alaskan dog breeds or Alaskan breed crosses, specifically for the purpose of pulling dog sleds" can request a waiver of the ban on chaining dogs as a primary means of confinement. 8 CCR 1201-11.12.00.B.1.c(1)-(2)

In the past few years, there has been a trend in major U.S. cities as well as small communities to ban unattended chaining or tethering of dogs. 

These counties and cities have banned unattended chaining or tethering including when the dog is attached to a running cable line or trolley system, except during temporary tasks or other limited circumstances: