Animal-Friendly Legislation Stories

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5 ways to save homeless pets

Here are five ways you can save homeless (shelter) pets: Adopt, volunteer, donate,...
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Animal advocacy and no-kill 2025

Animal advocacy is an important component of Best Friends Animal Society's st...
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Hope for pets after natural disasters

PET AID Act bill will ensure dogs, cats and other animals are accounted for by org...
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Delta chooses discrimination over public safety and science

Delta Airlines will not allow individuals with disabilities to travel with "p...
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A close call for puppy mill dogs

US Department of Agriculture plan to outsource inspections of commercial dog breed...
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How animal shelter statistics help save pets

Animal shelter stats are critical to identifying which animals are most at risk an...
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Targeting outdoor cats is misguided and likely to backfire

Western Governors' Association (WGA) targets feral cats in its "top 50 i...
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California legislature makes history for the animals

Californians urged to ask governor to sign Assembly Bill 485, statewide legislatio...
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New Jersey declares 'thumbs up' for no-kill

Resolution 237, declaring the intent for New Jersey to be no-kill for shelter dogs...
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Los Angeles City Council passes no-kill resolution

LA is on target to become no-kill in 2017, and in collaboration with the NKLA coal...
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5 reasons why breed-specific legislation is the pits

BSL laws (breed-specific legislation) are ineffective, expensive, lead to more dog...
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San Francisco joins the fight against puppy mills

San Francisco ordinance requires pet stores to only offer dogs and cats from shelt...
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Why pit bull bans are a bad idea

Dan Tillery and Megan Rose Long of Waterford Township, Michigan, adopted a pit bul...
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USDA removes online database critical to animal welfare work

The USDA online database has been taken down. This was an Invaluable tool to resea...
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10 easy New Year’s resolutions to help save homeless pets

Best New Year's resolutions to help pets in need in 2017. Read about easy way...
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