From our friends at Newsy: a bill passed the US House of Representatives today, closing a loophole in previous animal cruelty legislation. The bill will now go to the Senate, and if passed there, on to the President to be signed into law.
Progress!
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Good day, and good dog!
From The Dog Lady’s mailbag: The Animal Legal Defense Fund reports [t]his week a man infamously charged with cruelly killing his own dog was just arrested for living with another dog. He is the first person to be charged with failing to register with the Nassau County Animal Abuse registry.
Michael Gallagher killed Bella, his Shepherd mix, in 2016 by tightening a zip tie around her neck, stuffing her in a garbage bag, and beating her with a metal shovel. Due to the extent of her injuries, Bella had to be euthanized. He served only four months in jail. Continue reading Bella’s Bill
The Denver Post is reporting that Texas church shooter Devin Patrick Kelley previously had an animal cruelty charge in southern Colorado. Witnesses say he beat a dog with his fists, and Kelley was cited for animal cruelty by El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies on August 1, 2014. Continue reading Texas Shooter Had Past Animal Cruelty Charge
Sometimes I have a hard time believing people are able to tie their shoes in the morning without help when they do something as boneheaded as this. Continue reading Puppies Left in Hot Van
Yes, you read that headline correctly. Fox35 in Orlando is reporting on a man who has been accused of biting his girlfriend’s dog in a misguided attempt to teach the dog a lesson. (I’m not sure what that lesson would be…that it’s ok to bite?) Continue reading Man Bites Dog
From The Tenneseean: A Nashville man is in jail after putting his mother’s Shih Tzu into a trash compactor and pushing the button four times to try to squish the poor animal. Continue reading Nashville Man Kills Dog in Trash Compactor
Since at least 2010, if you wanted to make sure you were buying a dog from a reputable breeder, you could search for the breeder on the USDA’s website, which listed known animal abusers, including puppy mills.
Inexplicably, this information has been removed from the site. Their suggestion is that you instead file a request under the Freedom of Information Act, which could take years before you get a response.
Please join me in asking the Trump administration to restore this information to make it easy to access. Sign the petition.
Learn more about the issue on ScienceMag.org.
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This story turns my stomach, but I think it’s important to share it because of the statute under which the perpetrator may be punished if found guilty. Continue reading Ohio Dog Burned Alive / Boys Cut Ears Off Dog in Argentina
With all of the rallies going on in Washington, DC this weekend, it made me think about ways we might support dog-related causes.
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