Canine Issues
Brave New World: The 2012 NAIA Conference
By Patti Strand | Published: 07/6/2012With presentations from world-renowned animal welfare authorities, award-winning writers, veterinarians, and experts in agriculture and law, this is the can’t-miss animal event of 2012!
Deadline Looms: Send Your Comments to USDA APHIS!
By Patti Strand | Published: 07/2/2012You don’t need to be a lawyer or a policy expert in order to provide effective comments to USDA APHIS.
The USDA Proposed Rule and You
By Patti Strand | Published: 05/17/2012The comment period is open for 60 days, your input will make a difference!
Guilt: It’s Not Just For Jews and Catholics Anymore (Purebred Dog Owners Can Play)
By Susi Szeremy | Published: 05/3/2012Guilt for owning a purebred dog? Welcome to the new elitism.
Maryland’s Pit Bull Owners: Guilty Until Proven Innocent
By Julian Prager | Published: 05/1/2012Common Law principles overruled in Maryland
Announcing the NAIA 2012 Conference!
By Patti Strand | Published: 04/12/2012Arm yourself with the facts: attend the NAIA 2012 Annual Conference!
Pure Breeds, Mixes, and Designer Breeds
By Jerold S. Bell, DVM | Published: 03/26/2012The Clinical Truth About Pure Breeds, Mixed Breeds, and Designer Breeds. Commentary by Jerold S. Bell, DVM.
Crufts: Lost Opportunities
By Dr. Marty Greer, DVM, JD, NAIA President | Published: 03/23/2012Last year, the Kennel Club announced it was ushering in big changes for 2012, the most noted being new judging criteria, where a veterinarian can overrule a dog show judge, taking away the breed win and eliminating that dog from…
Oregon HB 4170 Passes Unanimously
By Patti Strand | Published: 03/2/2012In an impressive display of bipartisanship, the Oregon state Legislature has unanimously passed HB 4170, a bill that authorizes dog training and testing on exclusive farm use (EFU) zones.
Burnout: The Monster in the Rescue Closet
By Vicki DeGruy | Published: 02/13/2012“I’m so tired and discouraged all the time. I feel like I’m on duty 24/7 and never get a day off. The harder I work, the harder they want me to work. Nothing ever gets better, it seems like it only gets worse.…
SIMPLE ACTS OF KINDNESS SAVE HUMAN AND ANIMAL LIVES
By Patti Strand | Published: 01/16/2012Hoarding is a phenomenon that most animal control agencies eventually encounter. It’s the situation where scores or even hundreds of neglected, sick and sometimes dying animals are found living in squalid conditions under the…
Court Sides with DDAL Interpretation of AWA USDA to Appeal
By Patti Strand | Published: 01/9/2012A Washington DC federal court ordered the US Department of Agriculture to begin licensing all dog and cat breeders in the US in a decision handed down in a lawsuit filed by the Doris Day Animal League.
San Francisco’s SPCA Leads the Way in Philosophy and Results
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/9/2012A few years ago, when the San Francisco SPCA ended its animal control contract with the city and began a quest for reducing euthanasia of unadopted pets, rescuers and shelter workers throughout the country raised a hue and cry.
Humane Societies Defeat Replacement Bill that Includes Standards for Shelters
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/9/2012The Minnesota Council of Dog Clubs and the American Dog Owners Association joined forces to fight the state’s cruelty to animals law as unconstitutionally ambiguous and vague, and Hennepin County District Court Judge Thomas…
1995 NAIA Purebred Rescue Symposium
By Patti Strand | Published: 01/9/2012About six dozen purebred rescue advocates gathered at the Holiday Inn Lakeview in Clarksville, Indiana, on March 16 to discuss the vagaries of working in purebred rescue efforts. The speakers were tops in their fields of rescue,…
San Mateo Ordinance Fails Test of Time
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/9/2012Year one of the San Mateo County Pet Overpopulation Ordinance coincided with an increase in euthanasia in the affected unincorporated county and a reversal of the prior down-trend.”
BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS FREQUENTLY SEEN IN RESCUE ANIMAL
By Gary L. Clemons, DVM | Published: 01/9/2012Rescue animals pose many problems that are not always apparent to those people adopting or rescuing them. Many of these medical problems may not surface for weeks, months, or, in some cases, years.
AKC CANINE HEALTH FOUNDATION OPENS THE DOOR TO BETTER HEALTH FOR PUREBRED DOGS
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/9/2012For many years, the American Kennel Club has backed research into canine diseases. Early efforts included money for the Genetic Disease Information System, a database for veterinarians developed at the University of Pennsylvania…
AKC ACTIONS TAKING TOLL ON COMMERCIAL KENNELS
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/9/2012AKC rules for registration and identification of breeding stock require breeders to keep detailed records of their breedings and number of pups in a litter and to identify every dog so that anyone could match the page in the record…
AKC TAKES IT ON THE CHIN—AGAIN
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/9/2012The American Kennel Club was damned again, this time by the Philadelphia Inquirer, as a major culprit in the battle over puppy mills. AKC doesn’t do its job of protecting the integrity of its stud book, the story went, and…
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