Paws Up! To Texas Representative Nicole Collier for introducing a bill that would give more protections to dogs who are left outdoors. Update: This bill was vetoed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott.Read more here. March 27, 2021 Last February, as many Texans endured a...
Paws Up! Senator Kennedy and Senator Duckworth introduced the Bear Poaching Elimination Act of 2022, which gives needed protection to bears. June 9, 2022 Senator John Kennedy for Louisiana and Senator Tammy Duckworth for Illinois introduced S. 3472: Bear Poaching...
December 27, 2019 Several animal welfare organizations have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture after the September approval of a new rule which will further deregulate the factory farm industry, according to a recent news article. The Swine...
June 16, 2020 Paws Up! To California legislators Scott Wilk and Richard Bloom for introducing bills that would phase out captive dog donor facilities. Two bills in the California state legislature are about to change many dogs’ lives forever. SB 1115 introduced...
Update (9/30/2022): The Humane Cosmetics Act did not pass. November 21, 2019 On Monday, November 19, four U.S. senators introduced the historic Humane Cosmetics Act that would federally ban animal testing on cosmetic products produced and sold in the United States....
Paws Up! To Federal District Court of Appeals for upholding Proposition 12 to protect farm animals. October 22, 2020 The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld their ruling last Thursday that California’s Proposition 12 does not violate the commerce clause, much...