Annette Betancourt did not back down from the fight over a city ordinance that equates her work feeding cats and conducting TNR with breaking the law and hoarding.She was found guilty today in a short jury trial.
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Advocates Seek Justice for Kittens, 11yr. Old Killers’ Hearing Postponed
A group of animal lovers stood outside a Las Vegas courthouse yesterday seeking justice for a newborn litter of kittens allegedly stoned to death by a pair of 11 year old boys.
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ASPCA, National Link Coalition Release Toolkit to Help Communities Address Link between Animal Abuse and Human Violence
A free publication tells how to bring organizations and agencies serving pets and people together to address animal cruelty and human violence.
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Petition: Feral Cat Caretaker Seeks Change in Local Law
If you’d like to help a woman trying to care for feral cats and manage their population through TNR, please sign and share. A local law is being used to prevent her from continuing her work.
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NJ Senate Passes Patrick’s Law to Strengthen Animal Cruelty Penalties
The NJ State Senate voted unanimously yesterday in support of Patrick’s Law, to increase punishments for animal abuse and neglect.
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PA Governor Signs Daniel’s Law to Ban Gas Chambers
It’s official. Gov. Corbett signed the Daniel’s Law bill into law on Wednesday,banning gas chambers and requiring that certified technicians carry out animal euthanasia in a humane manner.
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LA Nears Ban on Sale of Kitten and Puppy Mill Pets by Shops
The LA city council voted today to ban pet stores from selling animals from commercial breeders. A second vote will be held next week to confirm the ban.
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Bringing an Outside Cat Indoors
Alana Stevenson, Cat Behaviorist, answers questions from Life with Cats readers.
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Wild Cats: The Homeless Domestics of Washington DC
A short documentary on the feral and homeless cats of DC and visits with caretakers, advocates, and TNR practitioners, as well as anti-cat advocates.
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Community Care for Community Cats: A View of a TNR Operation
We get a ride along view of a TNR effort by SF SPCA volunteers that helped 82 cats over a 3 day period in 2010, in recognition of that year’s October 16 National Feral Cat Day.
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Savannah TNR Group Reluctantly Halts Their Work
The Milton Project has helped the feral and abandoned cats of Chatham County for 8 years, but is being forced to give up their good works because of regulatory difficulties.
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Animal Activist Spends Weekend Caged at Shelter
Michael Rosenberg is raising awareness for a Miami-Dade ballot initiative to help the animals, and is promoting a special adoption drive.
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Cat Criminals
Furball Fables petmom and video creator Chase Holiday says: We are breaking the law in Los Angeles and we are happy about it!
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PA Close to Ban on Gassing of Shelter Animals
Pennsylvania is close to enacting two significant pieces of legislation that will impact the state’s shelters and animals if they become law
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Texas Weighs the Value of Sentiment in Pet Death Damages
The Texas Supreme Court has agreed to hear a closely watched case over whether pet owners can sue for sentimental value rather than market value of their dead pet.
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NYC ACC Executive Director Julie Bank Resigns
The NYC ACC faces another period of transition, as the embattled director resigns her position.
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Double Trouble’s Tragic Case Inspires Petition Calling For UW to Cease Experiments on Cats
Double Trouble’s life ended in a lab at the University of Wisconsin, Madison campus after invasive experiments were conducted on her. Her case is at the center of a petition at change.org.
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Shelby County No Kill Mission vs. PETA
When the No Kill status of a county shelter was in danger due to overcrowding, PETA sent gift baskets to county officials, congratulating them on the decision to resume the killing of shelter animals. The crisis was averted and no animals were killed.
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Councilman Proposes NYC Animal Abuser Registry Bill
NYC may become the fourth and largest place in the US to implement an animal abuser registry if a proposed bill is enacted. Convicted abusers would be banned from owning pets, and would appear on a do-not-adopt-to list.
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Chapin, SC Woman Works to Save A Colony’s Cats
Pat Peters is doing everything in her power to responsibly rescue and relocate a small colony of TNR’d cats who are no longer welcome on a store’s property.
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