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Animal Welfare Legislative Update for March 2

A number of areas in the country are debating new animal-welfare regulations. I hope this is a good sign. Nevada: The state’s lawmakers are considering two bills – in regard to reporting animal cruelty data and to toughen anti-cockfighting rules. Ohio: The State House is looking to increase the penalties for the mistreatment of kennel [...]

First Pack News Wire of 2013

Hope everyone had a safe and pleasant New Years Night. A couple of our rescues are a bit fearful about the fireworks, but it wasn’t too bad. Let’s start the year off with some news items that crossed the Pack News Wire over the last couple of days. We need more of this: An egg [...]

Rep. Steve King continues to catch some heat for pro-dog fighting stance

It is pleasing to see more news about Rep. Steve King flashing across the Pack News Wire. He fully deserves the negative press he is getting for suggesting the country should not punish people for attending a dog fight or bringing kids to dog fights. The Humane Society of the US continues to hammer King. [...]

Two stories show the two sides of our society

I will never be able to understand the mentality it must take to abuse a child or an animal. It is perplexing to consider that while our society includes people with great levels of compassion, it also includes people capable of terrible acts committed on innocent people and creatures of this planet. Two stories came [...]