Critter News

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Mike Beebe has signed into law new animal-cruelty restrictions that make aggravated cruelty to cats, dogs and horses a felony on the first offense. The law, which will take effect 90 days after the Legislature adjourns, makes aggravated animal cruelty on first offense punishable by a fine of up to $10,000 and up to six years in prison.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Ohio's governor just signed an executive order modeled on California's exotic animal laws, actually spurring criticism of the effectiveness of those laws. Here's an interesting article.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Legislative Requirements to Transfer State Properties Amendment. Amendment 2 changed the process for passing conveyance legislation in Connecticut. Election Results = PASSED with 59%+ voter support. Northern Harrier. Photo by © Robin Edwards. Connecticut.

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APRIL 10, 2016

I don’t know which legislative branch to appeal to, but there ought to be a law that mandates life birds on a birder’s birthday. Perhaps we should require lifers on anyone’s birthday. Sure beats cake! I spent several hours of an otherwise excellent weekend dipping multiple times on a rare ABA Tufted Duck.

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Critter News

JULY 8, 2011

Animal Welfare Groups Win Industry Backing for First-Ever Federal Regulation of Hen Welfare Groundswell of Public Support Results in Full Court Press for Nationwide Law Protecting Chickens to Replace State-by-State Initiatives WATKINS GLEN, N.Y.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2015

” How ironic that on the 50th anniversary of this exceptional law, one legislator, Rob Bishop (R-Utah), Chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, has taken it upon himself to block this program’s continuing conservation accomplishments. Future generations deserve nothing less.”

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Critter News

MARCH 15, 2012

Quebec is not known for its animal welfare concerns or laws. The opposition Parti Québécois and the Coalition For Quebec's Future declared their concerns about halal meat, which comes from animals that are slaughtered according to Islamic law. From JTA, the Global News Service of the Jewish People.

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Critter News

APRIL 25, 2010

I sincerely hope this leads to a change in law regarding animals in captivity. Tags: Sea World captivity marine animals legislation Orcas congress. Now there's going to be a Congressional hearing this week about it. At a minimum, they should stop the captivity of orca whales. It may just be more Congressional hot air.

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Critter News

JULY 22, 2011

In a move aimed at further defusing the controversy over the proposed ban, deputy prime minister Maxime Verhagen gave an undertaking no new legislation would be signed into law until approved by the senate.

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Critter News

JANUARY 28, 2010

The legislation is only being drafted right now and there's a long way to go I suspect before such laws would pass. You can already read the excuses being cited in this article.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

This is not protecting hunters’ rights; this is taking away a law that protects the health of both hunters and wildlife. The Center for Biological Diversity wants to stop the NRA’s lead-poisoning legislation. Join, share, and post this action alert to help “get the lead out” of the Sportsmen’s Act!

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Critter News

DECEMBER 6, 2008

There are dog fights and dog attacks in Portugal and, per the December 5 post , the government came up with some legislation without consulting any animal rights groups. ANIMAL says that the legislation is not effective and is too loose. In the Azores, where my family is from, I don't think there are any laws whatsoever.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Consideration of the needed legislation comes just one week after a woman was critically injured in a vicious chimpanzee attack in Stamford, Connecticut - leaving no doubt that the danger of nonhuman primates in homes and to communities must be addressed. The Captive Primate Safety Act is bipartisan legislation introduced by Reps.

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Critter News

MARCH 8, 2009

Tags: chained dogs seattle legislation us.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

It amazes me that legislative business is still being conducted in DC these days, what with the US economic sky falling. The bill must be passed by the House and Senate before it can become law. Tags: horse animal cruelty legislation Slaughterhouse us. Especially animal business. The Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act (H.R.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Here is the full press release: During its first-ever National Justice for Animals Week, February 22 – 28, 2009, the national non-profit Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) is recognizing some of the top law enforcement professionals in the nation for getting real justice for animals who are victims of abuse.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 30, 2012

In 2002 the German Parliament amended Article 26 of the Basic Law to give nonhuman animals the right to be “respected as fellow creatures” and to be protected from “avoidable pain.” In the United States, most believe that gaining personhood is much more probable through legislative enactment than through a constitutional change.

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AUGUST 11, 2010

Stevens , the Supreme Court last year overturned a 1999 law banning depictions of animal cruelty on the grounds of overbreadth. The justices were legitimately concerned that the law could impede valid speech. We believe our new legislation will pass constitutional muster. Jon Kyl Jeff Merkley Richard Burr Washington, Aug.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 15, 2011

government Thursday to challenge the constitutionality of a rarely used law they say treats them like terrorists if they cause a loss in profits for businesses that use or sell animal products. Read the full article in the Washington Post. A group of animal rights activists sued the U.S.

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Animal Person

JUNE 30, 2009

E-mails were exchanged between yours truly and NH legislators, and though I knew the hounds would someday be free of racing, they were going to have to wait at least another year. However, the law in most states where there is live dog racing specifically states that if there is to be gambling there must be live dog racing.

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4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

They are pioneering legislation in California to make public animal abuse registries. Through its campaign, www.ExposeAnimalAbusers.org , the animal protection organization is promoting model legislation that state legislatures could enact. I recently got an email from the Animal Legal Defense Fund.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Out of these 136 bird species, 108 are strictly protected and further 28 protected by Serbian legislation. Other species of special significance are herons and egrets (this is very important foraging area), Ferruginous Duck, as well as Lesser Spotted and European Green Woodpeckers , Spotted Flycatcher and the Icterine Warbler.

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JULY 5, 2022

Seven cities and one state have enacted legislation and ordinances mandating bird-friendly construction (not a lot, but it’s a start, and NYC and Toronto are on the top of that list). The American Bird Conservancy offers a Glass Collisions Products & Solutions Database, where products are evaluated and rated.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 12, 2010

A Humane Egg The life of animals raised in confinement on industrial farms is slowly improving, thanks to pressure from consumers, animal rights advocates, farmers and legislators. In California last week, Gov. This requirement would at least relieve the worst of the production horrors that are common in the industry now.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

If nonhuman animals are to be granted legal rights, it will be through legislation or common-law adjudication, not constitutional adjudication. Third, the Constitution is a pact between autonomous beings. It sets forth the terms on which these autonomous beings will associate with one another.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Congress lifted the ban in a spending bill President Barack Obama signed into law Nov. that butcher horses for human consumption now, but if one were to open, it would conduct inspections to make sure federal laws were being followed. 18 to keep the government afloat until mid-December.

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Critter News

MAY 23, 2011

The Animal Legal Defence Fund says in its fourth annual report ranking Canada’s 13 provinces and territories on their animal protection laws that only Nunavut ranks worse than Quebec. An animal rights group based in the United States has ranked Quebec “the best province to be an animal abuser” in a report on Canada’s animal welfare record.

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DECEMBER 17, 2014

He notes that “Beginning in the 1960s, for example, conservation was dominated by non-hunters whose legacy includes key legislation such as the U.S. Allocation of Wildlife by Law – Public participation is essential in development of wildlife management policies. All individuals share the costs of conserving wildlife.

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Critter News

JANUARY 3, 2011

According to this Technorati article , the Humane Society rated the states on their animal protection laws. BEST STATES California (best-yay!) BEST Illinois (best) Maine Michigan Oregon California WORST Mississippi Idaho Hawaii North Dakota Kentucky.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 18, 2011

It was also a perhaps belated realization by these chefs and their fans that a law signed eight years ago is truly taking effect and is about to change the way they do business drastically, putting California on the front lines of the battle about force-feeding ducks and geese to produce the silky liver delicacy.

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JUNE 7, 2012

Charles Pease shot the bird in northeastern Ohio, and gave it to his father-in-law, Jared Kirtland, one of those 19th century men who was a master multitasker–physician, horticulturist, legislator, zoologist. Kirtland, in turn, gave the skin to Dr. Spencer F.

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OCTOBER 4, 2016

One unusual feature of this guide is the back-of-the-book section on “British and Irish Lists, and status and legislation.” And, care has been taken to position the photographs so all the birds on a page are facing the same way, which makes it easy to compare plumages and structural features.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

The Animal Legal Defense Fund is working to ensure convicted animal abusers are exposed and prevented from harming new victims by promoting model legislation that would establish an animal abuser registry in every community across America. Watch our video and demand that your legislators establish an animal abuser registry in your state!

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Animal Person

MARCH 26, 2009

I can get in to an all day argument, the simple fact is bestiality is acceptable in every society and done behind closed doors no matter what laws exist. Are they going to pay any attention to the law? Law enforcement has better tasks than to fry someone for their sexual preference or activity.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

It's the first fur ban in the United States. Here's hoping there are many more to come!

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AUGUST 14, 2017

The short answer is that Congress passed NEPA, ESA, and all of the other federal environmental laws and it can modify and create exceptions to those laws by passing subsequent legislation. This appears to include both state and federal laws. The waiver provision (codified as a note to 8 U.S.C.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 14, 2012

Whether individuals have legal rights depends on the laws and other legal background (e.g., a legislative assembly). the constitution) of the society in which they live. In some countries (e.g., the United States) citizens meeting certain requirements have the legal right to vote or run for elected office; in other countries (e.g.,

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