Animal Law Coalition - Advocating for animals to live and live free of cruelty and neglect

Live in a GA Gassing County or City? Call Your State Rep Now to End the Cruelty!

lauraallen — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:44:10 -0700

Update March 11, 2010: The Georgia House Rules Committee has released Grace's Law, H.B. 788, for a full vote by the House!

H.B. 788 would ban use of the remaining CO gas chambers to kill shelter animals in Georgia and also make heartstick illegal by statute. The bill is named for a dog, Grace, who survived a gassing.

WHAT YOU CAN DO RIGHT NOW

Gas Chambers

USDA: We're Doing a Heckuva Job!

lauraallen — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:05:46 -0700

You might wonder with the reports in the past 2 years of horrific animal abuse such as at the California Westland-Hallmark Co., Bushway Packing Co. in Vermont or the mis-named Country View Family Farms in Pennsylvania, whether anyone is taking action to stop this and enforce the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act

Farm Animals

IL Bill to Repeal Horse Slaughter Ban Fails

lauraallen — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:37:22 -0700

Update Mar. 11, 2010: Though Rep. Jim Sacia, sponsor of H.B. 4812, a bill to repeal the 2007 ban on horse slaughter for human consumption, said he had the votes to pass this bill in the state House of Representatives, he has pulled the bill. It is dead for this session.

Horse Slaughter

FL Legislative Committee Votes to Allow Breed Discrimination

lauraallen — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:04:47 -0700

Update Mar. 4: The Florida Senate Community Affairs Committee has voted 9-2 today to repeal the state's prohibition on breed discriminatory laws outside of Miami Dade County.

Breed Bans

Iowa's Gov Signs Puppy and Kitten Mill Bill

lauraallen — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:47:27 -0700

Update Mar. 9, 2010: It's now official! Iowa Gov. Chet Culver has signed H.F. 2280 into law. A rare champagne moment for the animals, one rescuer described.

For more on this new law, read Animal Law Coalition's reports below.

Companion Animal Breeding

Call on Congress to De-Fund Wild Horse and Burro Roundups!

lauraallen — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:40:18 -0700

Update Mar. 8, 2010: As the budgeting process in Congress is underway, it is important now more than ever for you to call on President Obama for a moratorium on the wild horse and burro roundups until there can be an investigation or hearing on BLM's management of these animals and a better course of action set.

Horse Slaughter

Read the Transcript of the House Vote on Landmark Ban on Devocalization!

lauraallen — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:47:34 -0700

Read the transcript attached below for downloading of the discussion and vote on H.B. 344, the landmark bill that would ban devocalization of dogs and cats in Massachusetts!

Animal Cruelty

NYS Bill Would Stop Abusers' Access to Pets Absent Court Order

lauraallen — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:10:52 -0700

Assembly Member Jim Tedisco has introduced a bill, AB 9912, that would bar those convicted of aggravated cruelty to companion animals from having future contact with a companion animal "unless and until authorized by a court order".

Animal Cruelty

Ohio House Passes Nitro's Law

lauraallen — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:44:48 -0700

Update Feb. 25, 2010: The Ohio House of Representatives has passed Nitro's Law by a vote of 59-38!

Watch the video of the vote below!

Animal Cruelty

An Open Letter to President Obama

lauraallen — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:17:43 -0700

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.

The promises

Horse Slaughter