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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.
Animal welfare laws in many states of the United States make it a crime to abandon a pet. [1] The UK passed the Abandonment of Animals Act 1960 which describes the offence of cruelty as "If any person being the owner or having charge or control of any animal shall without reasonable cause or excuse abandon it, whether permanently or not, in circumstances likely to cause the animal any ...
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Following public outcry over abuses of dogs reported in the media, the Animal Welfare Act was passed in 1966. [4] The animal welfare and rights movements grew in the 1970s with the publication of philosopher Peter Singer's influential Animal Liberation, [15] and Henry Spira's successful and highly publicized campaigns against animal testing.
The Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act (PETS) was a bi-partisan initiative in the United States House of Representatives to require states seeking Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) assistance to accommodate pets and service animals in their plans for evacuating residents facing disasters. [1]
No, it is illegal for individuals to own, trade or sell tigers and other dangerous wild animals in Ohio since Gov. John Kasich signed Senate Bill 310 in 2012, regulating the possession of ...
Poachers are threatening rare species. SC seeks to block public records that would reveal exact locations of endangered plants and animals
The line for animal blessings began at 1 p.m. in front of Pico House on Main Street. Ray Garcia of East Los Angeles brings Wicket for a blessing by Archbishop José Gomez. (Myung J. Chun / Los ...