At least some important pieces of legislation can pass with bipartisan support. The Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act (S. 1947) passed an important vote in the US Senate on Tuesday – and the vote was unanimous. As the Humane Society of the US notes on its website, it is already a felony at the federal level [...]
The ASPCA is promoting an effort to have everyone sign an important pledge: “If a pet store sells puppies, I won’t buy anything there.” And the site features this important video: For more information and to sign the pledge, go to NoPetStorePuppies.com. In my home city, we thankfully no longer have any stores that sell [...]
A judge in Lee County, Fla. is being monitored by animal lovers for a trend where he consistently waves off animal-cruelty charges. Fox 4 out of Fort Myers/Naples, Fla. reports that among many cases, Judge Frank Mann was reported to have recently cut off an animal services representative as she was presenting evidence. The article [...]
