Animal Legislation
SFSPCA: Mandatory Cat Licensing: Ill-conceived and Ill-advised
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/10/2012The report begins with an indictment of the latest fad in animal control laws: The San Francisco SPCA has considered the various claims made for mandatory cat licensing legislation and has found little in the way of evidence - or…
Tuna Fishermen VS Environmentalists
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/10/2012Fishermen developed the purse seine method of catching large yellowfin tuna in 1957 and began casting these nets around dolphins swimming above schools of mature yellowfin. Even with the introduction of the back-down method of releasing…
“Dolphin Safe” Concerns Everyone
By Teresa Platt | Published: 01/10/2012America’s “dolphin safe” policy virtually eliminated the US tuna fleet from the eastern Pacific yellowfin tuna fishery in less than three years and subjected US tuna fishermen to pressures that few fleets could…
Summary Judgment
By William Perry Pendley | Published: 01/10/2012Years ago, when I was just starting out as an attorney, I worked on a criminal case in Wyoming that involved and alleged sexual assault. Since Wyoming had not changed the sexual assault portion of its criminal code after becoming…
Tuna Time in DC!
By Patti Strand | Published: 01/10/2012Against overwhelming odds, the Pacific tunafleet made enormous strides in the public debate in 1995 and 1996. But all they can say now is, “Tunafish! Are we there yet?” Not quite. And everyone who cares about the oceans…
Sample Letter Opposing Ohio HB 437
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/10/2012I am a pet owner and dog show exhibitor involved in obedience trials and field events with my Labrador Retrievers. As a dog owner and animal lover, I realize that Ohio needs a more comprehensive animal cruelty law. Therefore, it…
Tuna Bill Sweeps Senate
By Teresa Platt | Published: 01/10/2012After lengthy negotiations brought all but the most extreme into agreement, the International Dolphin Conservation Program Act (IDCPA) swept the United States Senate on July 30 by a vote of 99-0 and was signed into law during August…
A Clear and Present Danger for Horse Owners
By Lee Wallot | Published: 01/10/2012Right now, animal rights activists are busy in California gathering signatures for a 1998 state initiative that is the most dangerous piece of legislation faced by horse owners to date. What makes it so dangerous? Many people, including…
NAIA responds to USDA
By Patti Strand | Published: 01/10/2012Doris Day Animal League, an animal rights organization, has forced the US Department of Agriculture to consider dropping some kennel businesses from the Animal Welfare Act regulations because DDAL wants all dog breeders to be licensed.…
Court Gives Activist Standing to Sue on Behalf of Apes
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/10/2012Reversing a previous decision made by a split panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the full court granted standing for Marc Jurnove to sue the US Department of Agriculture on behalf of apes held…
Who Said You Can’t Fight City Hall?
By Lyn Kalinoski | Published: 01/10/2012Fighting any type of restrictive dog legislation is not an easy task, but dog fanciers in Toledo, Ohio, managed to defeat a five dog limit recently, thanks to some hard work and developing political strategy. We hope our experience…
The Strange Politics of the Marine Mammal Protection Act Steals Puppets from Native People
By Sheila Watt-Cloutier | Published: 01/10/2012Over the weekend of July 17-18, American border officials in Buffalo seized six Inuit marionettes en route to a puppeteer in Rhode Island for repair. The puppets were made in Pelly Bay, a tiny Inuit village in Nunavut, of hair from…
Congress Says No to Trapping Restrictions on Wildlife Refuges
By Patti Strand | Published: 01/10/2012The Congressional conference committee reconciling the House and Senate versions of the Interior Department funding bill eliminated the trapping ban sought by animal rights activists. The ban passed the House in July but failed…
Ohio Valley Dog Owners Help Write New Law Cincinnati Ends Long-time Breed Ban
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/10/2012Cincinnati dog owners had plenty to celebrate on Thanksgiving. The day before the holiday, Cincinnati City Council unanimously overturned the Queen City’s 13-year-old ban on American Staffordshire Terriers and Staffordshire…
Dog Breeds Face Plethora of Discriminatory Laws
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/10/2012Cincinnati, Ohio overturned its breed-specific law because it was ineffective, expensive to enforce, and inadequate to protect citizens from dangerous or vicious dogs. But the lessons of Cincinnati seem to be lost or ignored in…
Wolfdog Ban Looms on Michigan Horizon
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/9/2012Michigan’s planned ban on wolfdogs inches closer to passage as activists and politicians come out of the woodwork to outlaw these allegedly dangerous animals. The arguments are the same as those used against pit bulls and…
Colorado Task Force Found No Need for Wolfdog Ban
By | Published: 01/9/2012Michigan lawmakers are driving full speed ahead to ban wolfdogs in spite of exhaustive study done in other areas that proves such laws are counterproductive as well as unfair to responsible owners and breeders of healthy, well-behaved…
Germany Bans Breeds, Reactions Evoke Holocaust Memories
By Patti Strand | Published: 01/9/2012In the wake of two deadly attacks by dogs in the last three months, German state governments have banned or restricted more than three dozens breeds of dogs.
US Marine Mammal Law Plays Havoc with Inuit Lives
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/9/2012The US Marine Mammal Protection Act is up for Congressional renewal this year, and anada’s Inuit natives would like an amendment to the law so they can sell seal products to US consumers.
CITES Conference Ends: Same Old Whale Rules, New Elephant Poaching Study
By Patti Strand | Published: 01/9/2012Government representatives, conservationists, and animal rights and environmental activists met in Nairobi, Kenya, from April 10-20 for the triennial meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
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