Best Friends Animal Advocacy Center has informed us that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has plans to show people how to stop TNR (Trap, Neuter, Release). The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service claims that stray cats are a danger to birds and advocates killing strays instead. On November 5, 2011 the U.S. Fish and […]
New York State has filed Assembly Bill 3431 and Senate Bill S6167 to prohibit devocalization of dogs and cats. There is opposition to these bills from lobbies that profit from devocalization. They are trying to kill the bills through loopholes. One amendment would allow some people to have their dogs and cats devocalized. Devocalization is […]
By the late 1800s there were several societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals in the United States. In 1873 a prevention of cruelty to children was formed. Lacking a unified voice, four years later, delegates from 27 humane organizations in 10 states decided to unite and combine their skills for the welfare of […]
