Animal Legislation
USDA (AND DOG FANCIERS!) WIN IN APPEAL
By Kenneth A. Marden | Published: 01/9/2012The US Court of Appeals agreed with the US Department of Agriculture that hobby breeders should not be federally licensed and inspected and overturned a lower court decision in an animal rights lawsuit.
Activists Use Legislatures and Voters to Attack Farming Practices
By Patti Strand | Published: 01/9/2012Livestock farming practices are beset by activist attacks in two new arenas: at the ballot box and in state legislatures.
PPA Redux
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/9/2012We all knew it was coming and it’s arrived right on schedule! The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has just begun shopping a new version of the mislabeled Puppy Protection Act to their activist constituents in order…
It Took Six Years, But Ohio Humane Agents Now Need Animal Husbandry Training To Do Their Jobs
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/9/2012After a six-year struggle, the Ohio State Legislature approved an animal cruelty law that requires training for humane agents and due process for owners accused of cruelty or neglect.
HB189 Fixes Ohio’s Dangerous Dog Law
By Patti Strand | Published: 01/9/2012Update April 28, 2005: This bill has been sent to the Agriculture and Natural Resource Committee. Concerned dog owners need to contact their representative and the committee members below now.
NAIA Does Nashville – National Conference of State Legislators
By Patte Klecan | Published: 01/9/2012On behalf of NAIA, Caren Cowan and I attended the National Conference of State Legislatures in Nashville, Tennessee, August 15 –18, 2006. In addition to being on the Board of NAIA Trust, Caren is also the Executive Director…
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…
MAR/APR 99: DOG AND CAT OWNERS OPPOSE SAME OLD OHIO CRUELTY BILL
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/9/2012In 1998, Ohio HB 437, an anti-cruelty bill supported by the Humane Society of the US, was referred to the House Agriculture Committee after a floor fight over provisions denying due process to animal owners, and there it died when…
LOS ANGELES DOG AND CAT BREEDERS BATTLE $300 FEES
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/9/2012The City of Los Angeles is holding hearings on a proposal that is intended to end the euthanasia of unwanted dogs and cats in shelters and the dumping of pets on the streets but actually targets the responsible breeding of healthy…
AIRLINE TRAVEL FOR ANIMALS IS IN JEOPARDY
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/8/2012Last summer, Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) introduced a bill that jeopardized the shipping of animals by air. The bill was reported to committee but went nowhere.
USDA BOWS TO PRESSURE, WITHDRAWS PROPOSAL TO VACCINATE WOLFDOGS FOR RABIES
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/8/2012Citing opposition to wolfdog ownership and the paucity of scientific information about the efficacy of canine rabies vaccination in wolves and wolfdogs, the US Department of Agriculture has withdrawn a proposal to define dogs as…
DOG OWNERS JOIN FORCES AGAINST BALTIMORE BREED BAN
By Pamela Loeb | Published: 01/8/2012On Wednesday, March 14, a public hearing was held in Baltimore, Maryland, regarding a potential ban on pit bulls. In recent years, there have been several very well-publicized, very severe bite cases in that city. The city council…
SPORTING DOGS CAN COMPETE IN FIELD TRIALS ON PUBLIC LANDS
By Patti Strand | Published: 01/8/2012The US Fish and Wildlife Service announced on October 12 that the agency would not issue new guidelines for field trials held on public land and would instead revert to the policy outlined in the FWS manual.
NAIA URGES NO VOTE ON BOGUS ‘PUPPY PROTECT ACT’
By Patti Strand | Published: 01/8/2012Everyone is opposed to ‘puppy mills’ even when no definition of ‘puppy mill’ is offered. That knee-jerk reaction to an emotionally-loaded phrase is evident in the halls of the US Congress as senators and representatives…
PIT BULLS ARE ON THE BLOCK AGAIN IN OHIO
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/8/2012Ohio’s dog fighting task force convened in August without a dog owner, trainer, or behaviorist on the panel, but dog owners have banded together to get one of their number appointed to represent their interests.
I Ain’t Got a Dog
By Jim Beers | Published: 01/8/2012All you folks out there who have a positive view of your relationship with and use of animals, there is something you should know. If you enjoy meat or have a pet, if you fish or have a relative who benefited from medicinal testing…
Letters needed in opposition to the ‘Puppy Protection Act’
By | Published: 01/8/2012NAIA serves the interests of those concerned about animal welfare and responsible animal ownership. For more information about this legislation or any other matter affecting animal welfare or responsible animal ownership, contact…
Congress Zaps Phony Puppy Protection Act from Farm Bill
By Patti Strand | Published: 01/8/2012The long-awaited word came on Friday, April 26: the odious and falsely-named Puppy Protection Act had been eliminated from the Farm Bill that sets US agricultural policy for the next five years.
Quality or Quantity?
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/8/2012The National Animal Interest Alliance believes that personal circumstances and responsibility should determine how many pets reside in a household, but a growing number of our neighbors and elected leaders think otherwise. Slowly…
VIRGINIA ANIMAL RESCUERS FIGHT TO REPEAL NEW LICENSING LAW
By Walt and Sharyn Hutchins | Published: 01/8/2012In the January 2002 session, the Virginia legislature passed a law defining volunteer home animal rescuers accepting more than six animals per year as Companion Animal Rescue Agencies and subjecting them to state inspections and…
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