Program Term Archive
Companion Animals
New Hampshire Includes Pets in Protection Orders
Companion AnimalsGovernor Maggie Hassan is poised as we go to press to sign HB 1410, making New Hampshire the 27th state to allow courts to include pets in protection orders. What...
House Adopts Amendment to Connect Soldiers and Service Dogs
Companion AnimalsOn June 18, 2014, the US House of Representatives adopted an amendment to the FY2015 defense appropriations bill to improve the lives of wounded warriors through better access to service...
Moran Bills Give Animals a Break from Greasepaint and Traveling Show Grind
Animals in Laboratories, Companion Animals, Equines, Farmed Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeRep. Jim Moran (D-VA) has introduced bills to remedy two different animal welfare problems. The first, HR 4148, the Humane Cosmetics Act, prohibits testing cosmetics on animals and also the...
Animal Madness
Companion AnimalsAs soon as people find out I’m a veterinarian they start telling me about their companion animals. Mostly, the stories are fun anecdotes about the cute things the dog or...
Citizen Canine
Companion AnimalsGiven that more than 90 percent of Americans believe that their dog or cat is a family member, is it time for the law to recognize companion animals as people...
Fifth Circuit, FBI Boost Efforts to Prosecute Animal Cruelty
Companion AnimalsThere is good news in the fight against a particularly egregious form of animal cruelty. On June 13, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit overturned a lower...
Milwaukee Ad Campaign Takes Aim at Animal/Domestic Abuse
Companion AnimalsThe Milwaukee County District Attorney’s office has launched an innovative and provocative radio, television, and billboard campaign to encourage the public to call 911 to report animal abuse. The goal...
Pair of States Step Up Protection for Companion Animals
Companion Animals“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again” must have been the mantra for legislators in two states that recently made gains for animal and human victims of abuse....
AWI Engages Embassies on Ending Dog and Cat Meat Trade
Companion AnimalsAWI’s Rosalyn Morrison and Chris Heyde met in December with Dave Kush from the office of Rep. Chris Smith (D-NJ) and Ariel Penaranda, Minister for Legislative Affairs and Consul at...
Houston Pair Charged Under Anti-Crush Video Law
Companion AnimalsIn the first case under the 2010 federal crush video law, passed after the Supreme Court struck down a 1999 law against animal cruelty films for being overbroad, the US Attorney...