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Animal Control removed two sloths, two armadillos and a binturong (a bearcat), as well as phones, computers and paperwork, according to an Aug. 31, 2020, investigative report by the USDA, which ...
Palmer said Metro Animal Services has a budget of about $1.2 million a year. It adopted out 403 animals in 2023, returned 187 lost pets and responded to about 1,500 calls. Related articles
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In 2004, the first lawsuit filed under the Hayden Act, Petitioner Patricia Lock, represented by California attorney, and Animal Rights and Hayden Act expert, Kate Neiswender, sought an injunction prohibiting Kern County, California from violating the act by euthanizing companion animals prior to the expiration of the holding period and engaging in other prohibited conduct.
Prior to the Animal Welfare Act, animal welfare law was largely reactive and action could only be taken once an animal had suffered unnecessarily. In 2002, Title X, Subtitle D, of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act amended the Animal Welfare Act of 1966 by changing the definition of animal (Pub.L. 107–171).
In December 2010, the Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter, an open-admission shelter located in Georgetown, Texas, achieved and has since maintained no-kill status. [39] On February 13, 2019, Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter received a $900,000 grant from the Petco Foundation for its no-kill and community efforts. [40]
Animal rights vary greatly among countries and territories. Such laws range from the legal recognition of non-human animal sentience to the absolute lack of any anti-cruelty laws, with no regard for animal welfare. As of November 2019, 32 countries have formally recognized non-human animal sentience.
Shortly after the Pierce County Council passed an ordinance intended to make it easier to establish temporary shelters such as tiny home villages in unincorporated parts of the county, Executive ...