COLUMBUS, OHIO — A bill that would remove the “vicious” label from pit bulls is likely headed for the governor’s desk. The Ohio Senate approved House Bill 14 by a 27-5 vote on Tuesday, with some changes. Those modifications will have to be approved by the Ohio House of Representatives before the bill can be [...]
Tom Hayden is trying to give Jerry Brown a guilt trip. The “Chicago Seven” activist who stormed the 1968 Democratic National Convention and later married Jane Fonda has asked the California governor to consider his own dog, Sutter, before repealing the state law that lengthened the amount of time animal shelters must hold stray and [...]
CONNECTICUT — Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) discussed legislation recently in Hartford that would benefit military working dogs after their service on the battlefield is over. “Military working dogs routinely patrol ahead of the line — put in harm’s way to protect our troops,” Blumenthal said Thursday. “They show extraordinary strength and loyalty every day in [...]
Puppy farming has been outlawed in Ireland – with harsh penalties now imposed on anyone who breaks the country’s new laws. Legislation banning puppy farms came into effect on New Year’s Day as the government looks to clean up the country’s act. The move comes after Ireland became known as the Puppy Farm of Europe. [...]
MIAMI — Franky the drug dog’s supersensitive nose is at the heart of a question being put to the U.S. Supreme Court: Does a police dog’s sniff outside a house give officers the right to get a search warrant for illegal drugs, or is the sniff an unconstitutional search? Florida’s highest state court has said [...]
DANIEL’S LAW (SB 1329) unanimously passed the Pennsylvania Senate Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee today and now it is now on to the full Senate! Daniel’s law would stop the gassing of dogs and cats as a form of euthanasia in Pennsylvania. It is still legal in over 30 states. State Senator Andy Dinniman is [...]
When Corporal Ward Van Alstine of the United States Marine Corps returned home for Thanksgiving, there was more than just a delicious turkey dinner waiting for him. The Marine was reunited with Chloe, a stray from Afghanistan he had taken in as his own during his last deployment. The Marine’s sister worked with a non-profit [...]
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Country singer Willie Nelson called Ohio’s 24-year-old law declaring the “pit bull” to be a “vicious” dog by virtue of its existence an “archaic breed discriminatory law.” In an email to a Senate committee, Mr. Nelson, an ambassador for the Best Friends Animal Society, urged passage of House Bill 14. The bill [...]
