The HSUS has informed us that there is a bill for consideration by our legislators to open more captive hunting ranches in Georgia. These captive hunts or “canned hunts” as they are called, are private facilities where customers kill semi-tame animals trapped in enclosures for trophies. The animals have no way to escape and these […]
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 […]
Governor Arnold Schwarzennegger vetoed a California bill to prevent landlords from requiring tenants to declaw their cats. The bill asked that a $2500 fine be levied for each time declawing or devocalitzation is required in a landlord-tenant agreement. Landlords would not have been allowed to advertise, discouraging owners whose pets are not declawed or devocalized. […]
