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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 ...
Animal welfare organizations are concerned with the health, safety and psychological wellness of individual animals. These organizations include animal rescue groups and wildlife rehabilitation centers, which care for animals in distress and sanctuaries, where animals are brought to live and be protected for the rest of their lives.
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 Street Dog Coalition is a national network that provides free pop-up veterinary clinics for the pets of people experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness. The clinics treat dogs, cats, and ...
In 1970, the Act was amended (Pub.L. 91–579) to include all warm-blooded animals used in testing, experimentation, exhibition, as pets or sold as pets. [25] Certain cases could be exempted from such definitions unless they used live animals in substantial numbers.
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Meanwhile, Doughney claimed that his website was a parody, which was an act of free speech and which should absolve him of the trademark infringement allegation. [3] The District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled in favor of PETA and ordered Doughney to stop using the peta.org domain and to hand it over to the organization. [3]
Rios said, “The new Child & Family Service program that finds kennels for pets of abused people, and helps ensure the pets are healthy, is amazing and will really save a lot of people and their ...