by mhessenberger | May 29, 2021 | Paws Up/Paws Down
May 25, 2021 Paws Up! To Governor Jared Polis for protecting wild animals from being used in traveling animal acts by signing the “Traveling Animal Protection Act.” Wild animals used for human entertainment, bears riding bikes, tigers jumping through rings...
by mhessenberger | May 14, 2020 | Paws Up/Paws Down
Paws Up!May 14, 2020 To the Rocky Mountain Wolf Action Fund for proposing Colorado’s Initiative 107 that will help repopulate the endangered gray wolf. The gray wolf, also known as the timber wolf, has been non-existent in Colorado since the 1940s. How did these...
by mhessenberger | May 5, 2020 | Paws Up/Paws Down
Paws Up!May 5, 2020 To Colorado’s Parks and Wildlife Commission for voting favorably to protect its wildlife from senseless killing contests. Observing wildlife in their natural habitat can evoke a sense of calm, wonder, and even delight to the beholder. Have...
by mhessenberger | Feb 13, 2020 | Paws Up/Paws Down
Paws Up!February 11, 2020 UPDATE: 8/19/20–The Denver City Council voted favorably to add this issue to the voting ballot on November 3, 2020. UPDATE: 2/19/20–Mayor Hancock vetoed the ordinance to keep the ban in place. In order to override Mayor...
by mhessenberger | Mar 31, 2020 | Paws Up/Paws Down
Paws Down!March 21, 2020 Unfortunately, HB20-1084 did not pass the House Rural Affairs and Agriculture Committee. At the beginning of 2020, Colorado Representative Monica Duran and Senator Mike Foote introduced HB20-1084, known as the Humane Pet Act, with the hopes to...
