While vacationing in Maine just over a week ago, my friends and I came across a pug locked inside of a car on a 90° day. I had a video camera with me so I documented the scary situation. Check it out… Learn more about how to help if you find an animal locked inside [...]
Right now New York only considers attending an animal fight to be a violation, not a crime. That means, they are given a monetary fine but their criminal record stays clean. The ASPCA is asking for every New Yorker to help make being a spectator at these devastating events a misdemeanor crime. Perhaps that would [...]
The ASPCA sent out an alert asking people to click here and send a letter to their representative. Currently, breeders who sell to brokers and pet stores must be licensed by the USDA. However, breeders who sell directly to the public don’t need to be licensed at all. ASPCA describes it like this: Introduced in [...]
Feral cat colonies have sprung up all over the country. In alley ways, backyards, parks and pretty much any place you can think of. City or rural. Cats are there. They exist because people abandon their once beloved companions, or they fail to spay or neuter their indoor/outdoor cats. The sad truth is, we have [...]
A bill by Sen. Dean Florez of California proposes that felony animal abusers should be listed on a public registry. This is the same tactic used with sex offenders. The hope is that if you know who has committed a crime, you can help prevent those same crimes in the future. This article says: Florez [...]
This is bound to cause controversy even though it shouldn’t. HSUS has just released a new brand of dog food called Humane Choice. Humane Choice is an organic (almost) vegan dog food full of quality ingredients and made without animal suffering. Apparently there are some by products… I think in the supplements that are in [...]
My jobs involve many things (I work for two organizations). All of it having to do with animals and the planet. But one of my tasks is a less than glamorous one. I go through and respond to all the grant inquiries that come in. That means I read through each story of an organization [...]
The Shelter Pet Project is designed to give a voice to animals who live in a shelter and sit there waiting to be adopted. Through humorous video and audio it debunks all kinds of myths people believe about shelter pets. Many people believe animals put in a shelter are damaged goods – that they were [...]
If you guessed that they are considered disposable by the people who use them, then you’re right. In this country there is no system in place that requires the people who make money off the backs of animals to care for them in their retirement years. Basically, animals need a pension plan. The hard fact [...]
I felt like I should state that in the title to this blog. So many AR activists are furious over HSUS’s decision to work with Michael Vick to help end dog fighting. My feeling is this. Michael Vick has become a symbol for the consequences of dog fighting and for the brutality of the “sport.” [...]
