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• Michigan: woman petitions to change tethering law

  Legislation - Michigan

  Created: Monday, 21 February 2011 16:57

  Annie Carlson, a substitute teacher from Swartz Creek, knows that there is a simple solution to avoiding these problems and creating an environment where all companion animals have an opportunity to flourish. She wants to see the canine tethering l...

• Fort Smith, AR: mandatory sterilization and tethering ban proposed

  Legislation - Arkansas

  Created: Monday, 21 February 2011 16:53

  Following board meetings in fall 2010 concerned with issues of animal control, Fort Smith Police Department staff have been researching and preparing for changes in how the city regulates pets and pet ownership. Fort Smith Police Chief Kevin ...

• Huntington Beach, CA: exception to 3-dog limit for service dogs

  Legislation - Alabama

  Created: Monday, 21 February 2011 00:00

  Huntington Beach officials on Tuesday may change the city's three-dog maximum rule to accommodate residents in need of service dogs. City Council members will consider an ordinance that would allow residents to have four dogs as long as o...

• Pennsylvania: group wants responsibility for enforcement of animal cruelty laws moved from nonprofits to state agencies

  Legislation - Pennsylvania

  Created: Monday, 21 February 2011 00:00

  Regina Martin-Allman said her job as an animal cruelty enforcement officer led her to rescuing animals from all sorts of dangerous situations — dogs chained up so long their collars had literally grown into their necks and others at the brink...

• Terrebonne Parish, LA: BSL proposed

  Legislation - Louisiana

  Created: Sunday, 20 February 2011 00:00

  Julia Rendleman/Staff Buy photo Connie Teague (right) of Houma looks at a picture of Hymel “Sarge” Henry, taken when he was 17 and serving in the Marines during the Korean War, Friday at the Regional Military Museum in...

• California AB 1117: Relating to seizure and forfeiture of animals, liens, prohibiting ownership, etc.

  Legislation - California

  Created: Sunday, 20 February 2011 00:00

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• New Mexico HB 341: rabies vaccination exemption

  Legislation - New Mexico

  Created: Friday, 18 February 2011 12:48

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• New York A05449: Relates to the treatment and disposition of lost, stray or homeless dogs

  Legislation - New York

  Created: Friday, 18 February 2011 00:00

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• Pennsylvania SB 610: dogs and cats must be sterilized before adoption form shelters

  Legislation - Pennsylvania

  Created: Friday, 18 February 2011 00:00

  Bill status | Bill text Requires all dogs and cats to be sterilized before adoption from a releasing agency; removes the provision allowing for owner to sign an agreement to have the animal sterilized after adoption....

• California AB 1279: changes "pound" to "animal shelter" and "destroy" to "humanely euthanize"

  Legislation - California

  Created: Friday, 18 February 2011 00:00

  Bill status | Bill text Existing law governs the seizure, rescue, adoption, and euthanasia of abandoned and surrendered animals by animal shelters and rescue organizations. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisi...

• Connecticut HB 5368: license requirements for importing animals for adoption

  Legislation - Connecticut

  Created: Friday, 18 February 2011 00:00

  Bill status | Bill text (committee version) AN ACT EXTENDING CERTAIN PET SHOP LICENSEE REQUIREMENTS TO PERSONS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT IMPORT ANIMALS FOR ADOPTION. To establish licensure requirements for persons who engage in the business of im...

• Frontenac, MO: board rejects tethering proposal

  Legislation - Missouri

  Created: Thursday, 17 February 2011 18:31

  The city will not adopt its own version of a St. Louis County ordinance restricting dog tethering, Frontenac aldermen decided Tuesday night. The board majority voted against a proposal from Margot Martin to adopt the tethering measure, last r...

• Saginaw, MI: revised ordinance to define dangerous dogs based on "types" rather than "breeds," to include dogs with "man-stopping power" and locking jaws....

  Legislation - Michigan

  Created: Thursday, 17 February 2011 18:14

  The proposal as it now stands includes a limit on the number of dogs of any sort to three per home.... While the proposal remains unfinished, [City Councilman Daniel Fitzpatrick] said the task force is considering broadening the definition of...

• Kentucky HB 156: shelter requirements for dogs

  Legislation - Kentucky

  Created: Thursday, 17 February 2011 18:08

  Bill status | Bill text "Shelter," as used in this section when applied to a dog, means adequate protection from the elements and weather conditions suitable for the age, species, and physical condition of the dog so as to maintain the do...

• Friday Harbor, WA: agenda includes BSL, boarding/daycare regulations, leash laws, tethering, mandatory sterilization

  Legislation - Washington

  Created: Thursday, 17 February 2011 10:11

  http://www.fridayharbor.org/town%20council/TownCouncil.htm http://www.fridayharbor.org/PDF/Council%20Packet/021711/dog.pdf...

• Maryland HB 294: "Bear-Bear bill" would increase the penalty for "inflicting unnecessary suffering or pain on an animal"

  Legislation - Maryland

  Created: Thursday, 17 February 2011 00:00

  Bill status | Bill text An owner of the Siberian husky whose shooting death last year became a rallying cry for animal welfare advocates, urged state lawmakers Thursday to stiffen the penalties for violating the state's animal cruelty law.....

• Texas HB 1451: Commercial Dog and Cat Breeders Act (PASSED)

  Legislation - Texas

  Created: Thursday, 17 February 2011 00:00

  Bill status | Bill text Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, today introduced a bill in the Texas Legislature designed to help ensure the humane treatment of puppies and kittens bred for sale in pet stores and online. House Bill 1451, the ...

• Medford, MA: mandatory sterilization

  Legislation - Massachusetts

  Created: Thursday, 17 February 2011 00:00

  Medford officials and animal activists are currently attempting to iron out the logistics behind a spay and neuter ordinance for Medford’s pets. Following a Medford City Council Committee of the Whole meeting on Feb. 8, the issue was ta...

• Carneys Point Twp, NJ: vicious dog ordinance introduced

  Legislation - New Jersey

  Created: Thursday, 17 February 2011 00:00

  An ordinance providing for the regulation of vicious and potentially dangerous dogs was introduced on first reading by the township committee this week. The ordinance will be presented for public hearing and final passage at a March meeting. ...

• Fort Collins, CO: proposal to ban sale of pets in pet stores failed

  Legislation - Colorado

  Created: Thursday, 17 February 2011 00:00

  A 21-year-old biology major at Colorado State University failed in her effort to get a proposal that would have banned the sale of animals at pet stores in Fort Collins on the April ballot. But Laure Molitor says she succeeded in starting a d...