(ANIMAL NEWS/TAKE ACTION) CALIFORNIA — Saving a life costs money, and California Governor Brown doesn’t want to spend any more. The state of California currently has legislation that requires shelters to allow adequate time for animals to be adopted before considering euthanasia. However, Brown wants to repeal the law to save money. Read more about his proposition, and sign the petition below. Tell the governor that killing animals to save money is disgusting and wrong. — Global Animal
(ANIMAL NEWS) CALIFORNIA — The Supreme Court ruled that a law requiring humane treatment of downed livestock violates the Federal Meat Inspection Act. The law would have protected the animals from the cruelty of being forced into a slaughterhouse using cattle prods and whips, and protected consumers from possibly infected meat. Read on for more on why the Supreme Court ruled in favor of cruelty. — Global Animal
(PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION/ANIMALS) With the primary season already underway, perhaps you are wondering how the current administration has fared in terms of animal rights. Read on for a summary by the Humane Society to learn where the administration has succeeded and failed. — Global Animal
(EXOTIC ANIMAL SALES) Animals are living creatures not memorabilia objects to be auctioned to the public. Yet, those selling exotic animals sell them in such fashion. However, animals are most beautiful when living in their natural habitats — not in the backs of trailers. In essence, exotic animals are only “exotic” because they are not meant to live in someone’s home or in artificial environments. Not only is “owning” such animals unnatural, but they present a danger to their surroundings when living in captivity. Remember the fiasco in Ohio when one man released his exotic animals before shooting himself? — Global Animal
(ANIMAL NEWS) IRELAND — The reference to Ireland as the Puppy Mill of Europe is one that legislators there hope to wipe out. Two 2012 laws require dog breeders to uphold certain standards and give local law enforcement the authority to shut breeders down if they don’t. Irish breeders can still have large numbers of dogs, but they can no longer raise them in dangerous, cramped conditions. By instating these regulations, legislators and authorities hope to find and shut down all the puppy mills in Ireland. We hope that other countries will follow suit. Read more about the new Irish puppy mill laws. — Global Animal
(Animal News) James Sak, a former police officer, was finally reunited with his service dog Snickers after enduring a separation due to a ban on pit bulls in his Iowa city. Sak suffered a stroke and depends on Snickers’ assistance to alert his wife in case of emergency. Because of the law in the city of Aurelia Sak was left with two choices – give up his service dog or have Snickers killed. Global Animal wonders why it took this Iowa city so long to recognize the fact and the law that a service animal is not a pet. Read what Sak did to get his beloved pit bull back, and tell us what you think about pit bull bans. —Global Animal
(ANIMAL WELFARE) ROMANIA — Despite outcries and petitions the Romanian government passed a bill legalizing the slaughter of stray dogs. While Romania has a large population of homeless dogs, murder isn’t an adequate fix. There are many humane solutions available, such as increasing funding for animal shelters, enforcing spaying and neutering, and promoting adoption from shelters and not stores. Find out more about this unfathomable law and what it entails below.— Global Animal
(ANIMAL WELFARE) TEXAS — We recently applauded a new law that cracks down on cockfighting in Texas. Last week, officers exercised the powers granted by this new law to arrest Jimmy Lee Bradshaw, the manager of the Oleander Game Farm, and cited thirteen others on site. For decades Texas has allowed cockfighting, but hopefully this raid is a sign of change in the Lone Star state. Read on to learn more about the descent of law enforcement on the Oleander Game Farm. — Global Animal
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