News from the No Kill Advocacy Center: New York State Senator Joseph Robach and Assembly Member Micah Kellner have introduced legislation called the Companion Animal Adoption and Rescue Act, CAARA (Senate Bill S05363A). CAARA addresses the following: Makes it illegal to kill an animal if qualified rescue groups are willing to save it; Ends “convenience” […]
Five more defendants were convicted of animal cruelty 2 years after a massive dog fighting raid which the ASPCA aided and took part in. The defendants were sentenced to jail time. The raid in July of 2009 covered 8 states – Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Nebraska and Mississippi. Rescued from a horrible fate […]
The biggest overhaul of the food safety laws since the Great Depression has passed the Senate. Because of so many food-borne illnesses and recalls in recent years, this bill now allows the Food and Drug Administration to have the authority to recall tainted products on its own, inspect private food processors and set higher standards […]
