Sentences with phrase «animal law legislation»

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The legislation Senator Ball and I are putting forth seeks to modernize this anachronism in our state's animal cruelty laws and ensure we can better protect those who have no voice — our companion animals — from abuse and neglect,» said Assemblyman Jim Tedisco, the driving force behind passage of Buster's Law.

Thanks to the hundreds of thousands of animal advocates, the Governor has signed into law legislation (A. 740A / S3753A) to enable local governments to stop puppy mills and pet dealers like the one in Sprakers that are operating in immoral and unethical ways.

Tedisco is sponsoring legislation, (A. 4515) known as «Sky's Law», named after a horse in Hoosick that was stabbed to death, that would clear up any confusion in the law and add horses that are treated as pets to Buster's Law and provide them with companion animal protectioLaw», named after a horse in Hoosick that was stabbed to death, that would clear up any confusion in the law and add horses that are treated as pets to Buster's Law and provide them with companion animal protectiolaw and add horses that are treated as pets to Buster's Law and provide them with companion animal protectioLaw and provide them with companion animal protections.

Assemblyman who was the driving force behind passage of Buster's animal cruelty felony law calls for passage of legislation to take holistic approach to preventing animal cruelty

They're pushing for several pieces of legislation regarding animal cruelty, from how domestic cases are handled by law enforcement to ending the ivory trade market.

«While existing state law will be upheld, today's legislation will give support to the many local municipalities that want to ensure stronger safeguards are in place to protect the animals in their communities.»

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and the bill's sponsor, Jessica Lappin, said the legislation was a response to an animal «emergency» in New York, and released statements in support of the new law from the ASPCA and PETA, among other animal - advocacy groups.

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Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville) today announced that Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed into law legislation that was on the agenda for Tedisco's NYS Animal Advocacy Day on June 4th to make the killing of a police dog or a police horse while it is performing its duties a class E felony.

Assemblyman who was driving force behind Buster's Law applauds Governor Cuomo's signing of legislation Tedisco sponsored to increase penalties for killing police animals

«This legislation will give law enforcement new powers to crack down on these rings, protect animals from harm and bring these criminals to justice.»

Six years ago, Parliament replaced Victorian legislation with a new, tougher law to control what scientists do to animals.

The facility, personnel involved and experiments with animals at CNB - CSIC comply with the legislation on experimentation with animals and work with genetically modified organisms at the European Level (Directive 86 / 609 / CEE, 98 / 81 / CEE, 2003 / 65 / CE) and at National Level (Spanish Law 9/2003, April 25th, Real Decreto 178/2004, January 30th; and Real Decreto 1201/2005; October 10th).

This legislation was transposed into Irish law in December 2012 by SI No 543 of 2012 and is implemented by the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA), the competent authority in Ireland responsible for the protection of animals used for scientific purposes.

Legislation that would make it illegal to use the words «meat» or «meat substitutes» on plant - based and vegan products that mimic the properties of animal - based meat, is headed to the Missouri governor's desk to be signed into law.

This legislation could prevent local communities from making any laws dealing with animal welfare, food safety, or environmental protection.

The 2011 Oklahoma legislative session started with a bang as animal advocates closely watched four pieces of senate legislation intended to repeal or seriously amend the Commercial Pet Breeders Act, or SB 1712, a law which passed last year in order to regulate Oklahoma's vast unlicensed puppy mill industry.

Mr. Henry Bergh founded the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in April, 1866, three days after the first effective legislation against animal cruelty in the United States was passed into law by the New York State Legislature.

Yet, many rescues have crossed them off their list instead of advocating enforcement of animal cruelty laws against perpetrators, fighting for favorable legislation and rallying to protect the beleaguered breed.

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His book Redemption presents the No - Kill Equation (the formula for ending the killing of animals in shelters), promotes the need to legislate no - kill through shelter reform legislation, and includes a proposed model law.

«This legislation will prohibit these practices and unify the animal cruelty laws across our country by explicitly prohibiting the slaughter and consumption of our most beloved companions.

The images and issues addressed in Mauvais Berger invite a wider consideration of how this for - profit business, unrestrained by weak municipal by - laws, inadequate provincial legislation or effective monitoring, thrives on an ever - expanding supply of abandoned animals.

Breed Specific Legislation (BSL) are laws that discriminate against a certain breed or breeds of dogs and other animals.

ALDF accomplishes this mission by filing high - impact lawsuits to protect animals from harm, providing free legal assistance and training to prosecutors to assure that animal abusers are punished for their crimes, supporting tough animal protection legislation and fighting legislation harmful to animals, and providing resources and opportunities to law students and professionals to advance the emerging field of animal law.

They don't want to think about the animal rights legislation and sterilization laws.

Randall Lockwood, director of higher education programs for the Humane Society of the United States, frowns on legislation that bans breeds like the pit bull but supports laws that penalize owners for not taking precautions with aggressive animals.

Dogs like the pit bull have a bloody track record, but their owners — not the dogs — should be the focus of local and state laws, a national expert on canine attacks said Saturday.Randall Lockwood, director of higher education programs for the Humane Society of the United States, frowns on legislation that bans breeds like the pit bull but supports laws that penalize owners for not taking precautions with aggressive animals.

This approach raises an interesting question about breed specific legislation in that the government animal control and sheltering facility, the same one intended to regulate this law, is the organization that is finding creative loopholes to work around it.

Even though the breed specific legislation has been in place since 2005, animal welfare organizations are still finding new ways around the restrictive laws.

His efforts led to the successful passage of legislation in forty - two states, through direct lobbying activity as well as grassroots lobbying efforts, including the passage of stricter animal abuse laws for horse racing, dog racing, dog fighting, cockfighting, puppy mills, and pet stores.

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Contrary to a lot of misinformation that had been leveled against this needed legislation, the law will not close animal shelters, spays and neuters will not be limited, access to emergency care will not be limited, and vaccinations will not be prohibited.

Championed by The Humane Society of the United States and other advocacy organizations, backed by Californians, and supported by overwhelmingly bi-partisan votes in the Legislature, the seven bills signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown this session add to California's track record as a front - runner in initiating path - breaking animal protection legislation.

Legislation — Across the country, concerned animal advocates are adopting laws and policies to support responsible pet guardianship and fight pet overpopulation.

«Before the ink has even dried on Cook County's nationally praised law aimed at protecting both consumers and animal welfare by preventing the sale of dogs and cats raised in inhumane conditions, the pet industry and its allies have crafted an amendment that is designed to completely undo the good that was done when the Board of Commissioners unanimously voted to approve the animal rights legislation last month,» stated Commissioner John Fritchey, sponsor of the Cook County measure.

The Humane Society of the United States, on behalf of its more than 800,000 supporters in New York, applauds state Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Darrel Aubertine, D - Watertown, and Committee members for passing legislation to strengthen animal fighting laws and stop the proliferation of large - scale puppy mills in New York.

Other than with the Fairness to Pet Owners legislation, Congress rarely gets involved in laws affecting companion animals or companion animal veterinarians.

If your state has laws that do not benefit shelter animals (such as allowing gas chambers, pound seizure, or have do not promote adoptions), contact one of these to offer your help in passing / supporting better legislation: HSUS State Director, ASPCA regional director, a large animal shelter in your state that works on legislation, or your legislator to ask him / her to support shelter animal protection legislation.

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This is very true with breed - specific legislation, where virtually every professional expert in the field of animals, or law, realizes that laws targeting specific breeds are ineffective and based on poor science.

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Work with Animal Welfare Council, Town Clerks Association and the Maine Veterinarian Medical Association to update or initiate legislation regarding the Animal Welfare Laws and Regulations.

This goes hand - in - hand with the sample model animal control law and serves as a guide for those who wish to write their own legislation.

And, doing that was good for us and animals across our state, because having breeders at the table supporting our puppy mill legislation was the key factor that got the bill passed into law here.

The dog's story inspired Oreo's Law, legislation that would make it illegal for a New York state shelter to kill an animal if a rescue group is willing to take the animal.

Soi Dog with other animal welfare groups has presented draft legislation to the Thai Parliament for strong animal welfare laws to be enacted.

The Soi Dog Foundation and the Thai government are actively working to end this appalling practice by presenting draft legislation to the Thai Parliament for the enactment of stronger animal welfare laws.

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