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Companion Animals
Kids & Animals: Drawings from the Hands and Hearts of Children & Youth
Companion Animals, Equines, Farmed Animals, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeAvailable for free online Animal behavior expert Marc Bekoff , in partnership with Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots program and the Children, Youth and Environments Center at the University of...
Trap Near Trail Spells Agony For Pet
Companion Animals, Terrestrial Wildlife“The most horrible sound you’ll ever hear.” That’s how Kristi Gatt described the howl of pain and terror her dog made when a steel-jaw leghold trap clamped down on her...
In Many States, Attempts Afoot to Undermine Animal Welfare
Companion Animals, Farmed Animals, Marine Wildlife, Terrestrial WildlifeThe fight to extend or deny protections for animals takes place in state capitals as well as on Capitol Hill. The high-profile confrontation this year is in Missouri—again. Last year,...
Animal Welfare Institute Launches New Web Feature to Help Victims of Domestic Violence Seek Safety for Themselves and Their Pets
Press ReleaseApril 12, 2011Companion AnimalsIn special recognition of April as Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month, the Animal Welfare Institute announces the launch of a new feature on its website. The information and resources...
Illinois House Passes Bill to Toughen Penalties for Dog Fighting
Press ReleaseApril 1, 2011Companion AnimalsThe Animal Welfare Institute is pleased that the Illinois State House of Representatives passed HB 1907, a bill making dog fighting an offense under the Illinois Street Gang and Racketeer...
Golf Course to Pay Owner for Killing Dog in Trap
Companion Animals, Terrestrial WildlifeThe conibear body gripping trap is designed to instantly kill by breaking the neck or back of an animal. It often doesn’t, and victims suffer greatly before they die. It...
Kamie Cat’s Terrible Night
Companion AnimalsWritten and illustrated by Sheila Hamanaka A night out on the town could be fun… unless you are a cat lost and alone in the city. Kamie Cat’s Terrible Night is the...
Maui Regulates Pet Trade in Fish
Companion Animals, Marine WildlifeOn August 24, the Maui County Council voted unanimously in favor of a law curbing reckless reef fish extraction for the aquarium trade, representing the first such regulation in Hawaii....
B Dealers and NIH
Animals in Laboratories, Companion AnimalsHouse and Senate Appropriations subcommittees have again expressed disappointment with the pace of efforts by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to end the purchase of dogs and cats from...
Crush Videos
Companion AnimalsSome good news: The Senate unanimously passed legislation, introduced by Senators Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Richard Burr (R-NC), to restore the ban on crush videos (see Summer...