Animal Law Coalition

The Pennsylvania General Assembly has voted unanimously to make possession of animal fighting paraphernalia a crime. The bill, H.B. 164, would amend the state animal cruelty law, 18 PA. C.S. Sec. 5511, to make it a misdemeanor of the 3rd degree to knowingly possess animal fighting paraphernalia broadly defined as “any device, implement, object, facility,… [Read more...]

Update June 18, 2013: This Thursday, June 20, 2013 the Senate Appropriations Committee will vote on the Agriculture Appropriations bill for FY 2014. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) has proposed an amendment similar to the Moran amendment approved last week by the U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture Committee to defund horse inspections. [Read more...]

Congressman Joe Pitts (R-Pa.), Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), Congressman Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.) and Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) have introduced H.R. 2012, the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act. The bill would provide the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) with authority to clean up the sport and enforce anti-doping standards in races with simulcast wagering. [Read more...]

New York Assembly Member Amy Paulin has re-introduced as a stand alone bill provisions from last session’s shelter access bill that help owners find lost pets. The new bill, A 3843, has already passed the Assembly Agriculture Committee and is now in the Codes Committee. [Read more...]