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Then the Prince William County Animal Services Bureau has you covered. The shelter is hosting a Black Fur Day on Friday, Nov. 29 from noon to 4 p.m. During this time, potential adopters can take ...
After facing neglect and cruelty, 27 Chihuahuas are getting a well-deserved dose of human kindness. On Dec. 6, the Napa County Animal Shelter and Adoption Center in Napa, California, shared ...
In March, the Clay County (Kentucky) Circuit Court entered an agreed order of judgment resolving the Animal Legal Defense Fund's lawsuit against the county to stop systematic abuses at the local animal shelter. [21] In June, the Animal Legal Defense Fund finalized a settlement and court order resolving a lawsuit alleging widespread egregious ...
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 ...
Erin Robbins (left) Vice president of the Pet Programs of the Greater Good Charities and Jessie Wermager, with the Humane Animal Welfare Society (HAWS) of Waukesha County load a dog from an ...
Fueled by public outrage from a 2014 incident where PETA workers took a pet chihuahua from its porch and euthanized it the same day, along with documentation that of the 1,606 cats and 1,025 dogs accepted by the shelter that same year, 1,536 cats and 788 dogs were euthanized, the Virginia General Assembly passed Senate Bill 1381 in 2015 aimed ...
The ASPCA's Government Relations, Legal Advocacy and Investigations departments work with state and federal lawmakers and engage in legislative and litigation efforts to secure stronger legal protections for animals. [34] Some of the animal welfare issues the departments work on include ending puppy mills and breed-specific legislation. [35 ...
The new shelter would be 15,000 square ft, she added — a significantly larger building than Petersburg’s current shelter — and would be a “state of the art facility” that will include 45 ...