“Cat ladies” of greater Vancouver still wary despite hard-won gains

May 12 2012 by lobito in ACTIVISTS, ANIMAL DEFENSE ORGS, CATS & DOGS, COMPANION ANIMALS, MAY 2012 |No Comments
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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  May 2012:

“Cat ladies” of greater Vancouver still wary despite hard-won gains

Homeless mama and her kittens

VANCOUVER,  B.C.–”The worst thing anyone can call me is a cat lady,”  Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association founder Karen Duncan once famously told longtime Global TV program host Dave Gerry. Then she laughed.
    Cat rescuers throughout the greater Vancouver area now quote Duncan,  with the laugh,  expressing evident pride.
    ”I wasn’t a crazy cat lady,”  says VOKRA volunteer Jemma Crossin in a video clip posted to the VOKRA web site,  “but Karen turned me into one.” Continue reading »

Legislation in the cowboy states

May 12 2012 by lobito in CATS & DOGS, MAY 2012, THE LAW |No Comments
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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  May 2012:

Legislation in the cowboy states


Arizona’s Jan Brewer: Unfailingly on the wrong side.

    BOISE,  PHOENIX–Idaho Governor Butch Otter in early April 2012 signed into law a bill creating a felony cruelty penalty for a third conviction within 15 years.  Only the Dakotas still lack felony cruelty penalties.
    Arizona Governor Jan Brewer two weeks later endorsed into law a bill by state representative Penny Judd which exempts dogs used in ranching and herding from anti-cruelty laws.  Judd introduced the bill after one of her constituents was prosecuted for leaving two dogs in a horse trailer for two days without food or water.  Three others were left tied without clean water.
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When it comes to hauling horses, bassackward is right

May 12 2012 by lobito in ACTIVISTS, ANIMAL BUSINESS, ANIMAL CRUELTY, ANIMAL ETHICS, EQUINES, MAY 2012 |No Comments
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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  May 2012:

When it comes to hauling horses,  bassackward is right

VANCOUVER–More than two million U.S. and Canadian horse-keepers haul more than nine million horses an average of more than a dozen times each per year,  one or two in a trailer.
    Farriers and veterinarians usually drive to the horses’ barns,  to minimize horse transport,  but horses are routinely hauled to riding trails,  shows,  races,  parades,  and other recreational and competitive events.  Then they are hauled back home again, enduring a drive in each direction which is often more stressful for the horse than the event itself. Continue reading »

No deal for Macau greyhounds

May 12 2012 by lobito in ANIMAL CRUELTY, ANIMAL DEFENSE ORGS, ANIMAL LIBERATIONISTS, CATS & DOGS, MAY 2012 |No Comments
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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  May 2012:

No deal for Macau greyhounds

    MACAU–It was a cruel April Fool  for dozens of greyhounds, the U.S. organization Grey 2K,  Animals Aust-ralia,  and the Macau animal rescue society Anima.  Macau media reported on April 1,  2012 that Anima and the Macau Yat Yuen Canidrome Company Ltd. had signed an agreement to allow Anima to rehome ex-racing greyhounds,  a first in the 82-year history of the Macau Canidrome.  Nevada casino owner Steve Wynn had reportedly donated $250,000 to build kennels for the rescued dogs. Continue reading »

WWF/Sweden head wants to cull wolves

May 12 2012 by lobito in ANIMAL CRUELTY, ANIMAL ETHICS, BLOOD SPORTS, MAY 2012 |No Comments
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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  May 2012:

WWF/Sweden head wants to cull wolves


King Karl-Gustaf: Having it both ways.
    STOCKHOLM— Officially opposed to hunting any of the estimated 200 wolves living in Sweden,  World Wildlife Fund/Sweden has been headed since 1988 by Swedish King Carl Gustaf–who in October 2008 urged a wolf cull.  Wolf hunting resumed in Sweden in 2011,  after a 46-year hiatus.  Twenty wolves were killed before Swedish environment minister Andreas Carlgren halted the hunt under pressure from European Union environment commissioner Janez Potocnik. Continue reading »

Maryland Court of Appeals establishes new liability rule in pit bull attack cases

May 12 2012 by lobito in ANIMAL CRUELTY, ANIMAL DEFENSE ORGS, ANIMAL ETHICS, MAY 2012 |No Comments
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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, May 2012:

Maryland Court of Appeals establishes new liability rule in pit bull attack cases

ANNAPOLIS–Knowledge that a dog is a pit bull or pit bull cross is sufficient to establish landlord liability if a dog escapes from leased premises, the Maryland Court of Appeals ruled on April 26, 2012. Continue reading »

Progress in equine contraception

May 11 2012 by lobito in ANIMAL ETHICS, ANIMAL MEDICINE, EQUINES, MAY 2012 |No Comments
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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  May 2012:

Progress in equine contraception

    BILLINGS–The American SPCA on April 16,  2012 granted $100,000 to the Science & Conservation Center in Billings,  Montana, maker of the contraceptive vaccine ZonaStat-H.   The grant is separate from an ongoing ASPCA subsidy of $50,000 per year for three years to help advance the center’s work.  “The center, on the ZooMontana grounds, will more than double the size of its training facility,”  reported Zach Benoit of the Billings Gazette. Continue reading »

“Bait dogs” are docile victims to some pit bull advocates, “urban legend” to others

May 11 2012 by lobito in ANIMAL CRUELTY, ANIMAL LIBERATIONISTS, CATS & DOGS, DOGFIGHTING, MAY 2012 |No Comments
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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  May 2012:

Many of the 216 surviving pit bulls seized in a March 30,  2012 dogfighting raid in San Pablo,  Laguna,  the Philippines,  “are not in need of rehabbing,  as they were bait dogs,” Island Rescue Organization founder Nena Hernandez asserted in an April 4,  2012 e-mail to 25 other dog rescuers.
    But the Animal Farm Foundation,  of rural Dutchess County,  New York,  involved in pit bull rescue and advocacy for nearly 30 years,  on January 16,  2012 appealed to pit bull advocates to “stop using the term ‘bait dog.’”  Said the Animal Farm Foundation,  “The dogfighting investigators we’ve consulted overwhelmingly agree that ‘bait dogs’ are mostly an urban legend.” Continue reading »

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