The Federated Humane Societies of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania SPCA, the Women's Humane Society, Humane Pennsylvania, and the Pennsylvania Veterinary Medical Association joined the Humane Society of the U.S. in September 2014 in lobbying for the passage of a bill that would have
banned pigeon shoots and would also have prohibited slaughtering dogs and cats for human consumption.
One very pleasant surprise is that state officials, who are instrumental in passing important legislation (our panel included discussions of shark finning
bans, puppy mill legislation, outlawing
pigeon shoots, protections for companion animals, and the intensive confinement of pigs), were extremely happy about being invited to animal events.