Canine Issues
1997 RESCUE SYMPOSIUM
By Patti Strand | Published: 01/9/2012For several years, purebred dog fanciers have operated rescue programs for dogs that need new homes. Generally, the rescues are breed-specific, although some do cover several breeds that have small numbers of dogs needing help.…
1996 NAIA PUREBRED RESCUE SYMPOSIUM
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/9/2012The NAIA Purebred Rescue Symposium was held in Raleigh, NC, March 16 & 17th. Speakers brought a wealth of information to about 60 rescuers who attended with topics ranging from the human animal bond to preventing burnout.
PERSISTENCE PAYS: ROTTWEILER KENNEL CLOSED
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/9/2012For eight years, Barbara DeWilde talked to everyone who would listen and plenty of people who wouldn’t. She complained, she collected others’ complaints, and she referred complainants to the appropriate agencies in Clackamas…
HSUS “fact sheet” distorts animal control issues and answers
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/9/2012No one denies that there are far too many animals killed in shelters in the US. Whether one believes the latest study that shows about two million deaths or past studies that estimate five million or more, just about everyone agrees…
Vet Visits, Obedience Schools Help Keep Dogs at Home
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/9/2012Early in the 1990s, animal rights activists began campaigns to condemn breeders for the death of dogs and cats in animal shelters. “If you didn’t breed, we wouldn’t have to kill” the pseudo-logic went. “Every…
New Rules Proposed for Animal Transport
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/9/2012The US Department of Agriculture is proposing several changes in the Animal Welfare Act, including a new rule that would prohibit air transport of dogs and cats if the ambient air temperature reaches 90 degrees at any point in the…
ARE THERE TOO MANY DOGS AND CATS?
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/9/2012Pamphlets on pet overpopulation with pictures of sad-eyed puppies and kittens and starving, sickly adult dogs arrive in the mail periodically with pleas for funds, exhortations to spay and neuter anything that looks like a dog or…
REUSE, RECYCLE, RESCUE: JUST WHAT IS THIS “RESCUE” ANYHOW?
By Vicki DeGruy | Published: 01/9/2012What, exactly, is “rescue”? In its broadest sense, rescue is the rehoming of unwanted or abandoned pets. In the public’s mind, there is very little difference between rescue groups and animal shelters. In reality,…
SHELTER AND RESCUE ISSUES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/9/2012On September 21, Gary Patronek VMD, PhD, stood in front of 200 rescue advocates in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and said that “pet overpopulation” is a meaningless term.
CALIFORNIA FEDERATION FIGHT FOR DOG OWNER’S RIGHTS
By Judy Coffman | Published: 01/9/2012The California Federation of Dog Clubs was formed in 1990 after the disbanding of Responsible Dog Owners of the Golden State. RDOGS had been successful in getting a state-wide generic dangerous dog law passed and so precluded the…
PENNSYLVANIA HAS NEW DOG LAW
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/9/2012Pennsylvania’s governor signed on the dotted line last December and opened the door to fragmentation of the state’s animal control program. Act 151 gives some cities and all counties the right to establish their own…
A TALE OF TWO DOG LAWS
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/9/2012Dog owners and fanciers are facing an onslaught of restrictive laws at state and local levels throughout the country. Animal rights activists promote breeder restrictions in the guise of consumer protection laws and solutions to…
WOLF HYBRID OWNERS FACE DOUBLE WHAMMY
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/9/2012Wolf hybrids, those canines that are crosses between wolves and dogs, are feared by many, maligned by some, and canines non grata in a growing number of communities. The reasons? Like many animals, hybrids can be unpredictable and…
DNA IDENTIFICATION
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/9/2012It’s the stuff of which science fiction is made. First, a drop of bird’s blood, then a horse’s hair, now a few cells from inside the cheek of a Best in Show dog - the progression has been steady, leading DNA experts…
MISSOURI FEDERATION OF ANIMAL OWNERS
By Anne Edwards | Published: 01/9/2012The Missouri Federation of Animal Owners educates the public and informs members of proposed legislation that may affect them as animal owners, users, and enthusiasts. We are the experts on the animal rights movement in Missouri…
A WOMAN’S WORK IS NEVER DONE
By Carol Williams | Published: 01/9/2012This story actually began in 1973 with the first updating of the Clark County, Washington, animal control ordinance in 15 years. We didn’t know at the time that we were waging a war that would go on for years and perhaps never…
Widening the Winner’s Circle
By Pat Hastings | Published: 01/9/2012Anyone who knows me will tell you that I have an opinion on just about every aspect of the dog world. If you and I have not met yet, allow me to introduce myself. I began in dogs as an owner - simply one among millions with a love…
RPOA BREAKS NEW GROUND IN TEXAS
By Mary Beth Duerler | Published: 01/9/2012In case you haven’t heard, there’s an insidious cancer creeping across the country called ‘animal rights.’ Crazy as it sounds, their agenda is to end all use of animals, including pet ownership.
PET LEMON LAWS AND NAILS IN THE COFFIN
By Anna Sadler | Published: 01/9/2012Cat and dog fanciers have long been their own worst enemies in the breeding ban wars, and the reason for this is the intense love they feel for the pets that they breed, show and that share their homes.
CALIFORNIA BILL CHARGES $250 FOR BREEDER PERMIT
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/9/2012California Senate Bill 621 has been amended to include a $250 annual permit for anyone who has sold, transferred, or given away “one or more dogs during the preceding calendar year” or sold a puppy or kitten received…
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