Critter News

DECEMBER 26, 2008

The ALDF has released a report on how different states' animal protection laws stack up. Tags: animal law. Among the best: California, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Oregon.

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AUGUST 9, 2013

Out of over 30 respondents, almost everyone wanted money for better facilities, paid staff, on-call veterinarians, emergency vehicles, food, and protected land – from Terry and Lindsay in California to Cindy in Michigan, from Sally in Kentucky to Mickie in South Dakota, and Lisa and Lia in New York. Change in Law. That’s easy!”

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Critter News

JANUARY 3, 2011

According to this Technorati article , the Humane Society rated the states on their animal protection laws. BEST STATES California (best-yay!) BEST Illinois (best) Maine Michigan Oregon California WORST Mississippi Idaho Hawaii North Dakota Kentucky.

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Critter News

AUGUST 1, 2009

India is to amend its wildlife crime laws to protect the country's tigers, a government minister said. Environment and forest minister Jairam Ramesh said that speeding up justice as well as hefty fines are needed to strengthen the Wildlife Protection Act. But is it enough? From the Press Association.

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OCTOBER 25, 2024

With rich emotional lives and unbreakable family bonds, farmed animals deserve to be protected. Advocates are working on two levels—reshaping the food system and plant-based options nationally, while strengthening farm rules locally. You can build a kinder world by replacing animal… Source

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JULY 13, 2011

btw, I promote equality in all ways, but I don’t bend over backwards protecting any either.&# If only I was a minority, I’m sure that law enforcement would treat me way better.&# If you saw any of this, you were to leave the park immediately and call local law enforcement. Not too many I bet. you guessed it.

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MARCH 5, 2024

Conservation Laws are Particularly Strong on Federal Lands Although laws such as the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act apply to both public and private actors, they generally apply with greatest force to federal agencies, including those that manage federal lands.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2013

law against causing the deaths of protected birds without a permit (and no wind-energy farms seem to have such permits). In what is apparently the first case of its kind, a U.S. wind-energy company has admitted that its farms have killed birds, and has settled with prosecutors. These fatalities violate U.S.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

This is not protecting hunters’ rights; this is taking away a law that protects the health of both hunters and wildlife. This bill would re-write the Toxic Substances Control Act, in order to prevent the EPA from even considering evaluating the risks of toxic lead ammunition.

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JANUARY 3, 2014

By the early 1980s, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was aware that poison control centers were reporting 12,000 to 15,000 calls annually regarding children under the age of 6 ingesting rat poison, and rodenticides were documented as causing large numbers of secondary poisoning in wildlife. Need an example of “hypocrisy?” What to do?

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OCTOBER 9, 2014

As bird lovers, we’re happy that laws exist to protect birds, and that people are especially looking after protected species. Environmental officials believe the plan can be reworked so that the Plovers’ habitat is protected. But sometimes, what’s best for the birds and what’s best for the humans collide.

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JUNE 27, 2017

Ka’ena Point is also a breeding ground for the Federally protected Laysan albatross, where 45 nests were being carefully monitored by the non-profit Pacific Rim Conservation. What about others who work tirelessly to repopulate and protect wildlife, who live in fear this may happen to their colonies? Who suffers for these crimes?

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NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Second, Amendment 2 required a two-thirds vote of each chamber of the state legislature to authorize the transfer, sale, or disposal of land under the control of the state agriculture or environmental protection departments.”. Election Results = PASSED with 84%+ voter support. Red-breasted Merganser. Photo by © Mike Blevins. Denver, Colorado.

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AUGUST 3, 2023

The Chinese Hwamei is a second-level protected species in China – as a consequence, according to Chinese law on wildlife protection, it is prohibited for local people to capture and keep the species in captivity without a permit. Still, a few spend the summer here.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2012

“The Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) and Friends of the Earth (FoE) Cyprus have now released the report on their bird protection camp during the peak of bird migration in autumn 2011.

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JULY 10, 2014

, and at the same time not grumpy enough to make them draw their guns (yep – it’s a true story, but do not trust the first impression: they were rough on the outside and soft on the inside, e.g. being fiercely protective of stray dogs and cats – that particular guy kept about five dogs and 15 cats, and they all lived together peacefully).

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MARCH 25, 2016

All birds of prey are protected by state and federal law,” says Eileen Wicker. “If Predators have a hard enough time surviving without having to deal with the fallout from something they’re incapable of even doing. If you have a very small dog, be careful and use common sense. If you have a cat, keep it inside.

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Critter News

MAY 3, 2009

Montana has passed a law making it difficult to challenge the building of a horse slaughtering facility in that state. The last such facility in the US closed in 2007. This bill specifically makes for groups that might oppose it to use the court system to do so. From the bill, which you can read here : Section 2.

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MAY 9, 2019

At the same time, at the western bank of the Volga River corpses piled ever higher… or so starts the plot of the Jean-Jacques Annaud’s movie Enemy at the Gates, with Jude Law as young Zaytsev. And protect them, too. I would advise them to wear a hat, or protect a child with an umbrella for those 20 metres, but to no avail.

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OCTOBER 12, 2011

An interesting aspect of the fishing of this species is the fight between recreational and traditional (Maori) fisheries and commercial ones, which resulted in a court ruling that recreational and traditional fishing was a right derived from and protected by common law, but that commercial fishing wasn’t. Used with permission.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

In law, there is often a similar approach, memorably articulated by Justice Louis Brandeis , who said “in most matters it is more important that the applicable rule of law be settled than that it be settled right.”. Laws and regulations can be updated over time ( e.g., the list of birds protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act ).

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FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Both the US Environmental Protection Agency and California state law define fish remains as sewage, and it must be disposed of properly. Fisherman along California’s Redwood Coast are supposed to use fish-cleaning stations, where they clean their catch on large tables and place the rest in large containers.

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MARCH 15, 2016

Individually, many NWRs protect crucial bird habitat. Because many NWRs were established to protect migrating birds, they lie along one of the four primary flyways. These protected areas are not merely convenient, they are essential. The Refuge System protects and, in some cases, restores, some of what remains.

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Critter News

MARCH 25, 2010

As noted in another post, no protections for marine mammals. But plenty of drivel about improving law enforcement for wildlife protection. Tags: wildlife crime law enforcement CITES BS. Just more drivel out of a toothless organization.

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Critter News

APRIL 23, 2009

Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit in Philadelphia voted 10 to 3 last summer to find unconstitutional the rarely used law passed by Congress in 1999. The appeals court noted that the Supreme Court is resistant to removing First Amendment protections of depictions even of illegal actions. Thanks to Animal Law Online for the catch.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

…a City Council committee voted 5-0 to recommend a new law that in essence licenses the care and feeding of free-roaming cats as part of a larger effort to reduce their numbers. Nonprofit pet protection groups would manage the program and be responsible for ensuring that cat caretakers take the required steps.

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MAY 4, 2011

The impressive size of these trees wasn’t much protection when European settlers arrived, indeed they were actively sought out for the excellent quality (and quantity) of wood they provided. Although the kauri are now protected by law, as well as several parks created for their protection, they face a new danger.

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APRIL 15, 2011

As is the rest: Although most of the forest ecosystems are government forest land and protected, they are still threatened, through fragmentation, disturbance, road building, poaching and forest fires. Well no kidding! And there are efforts underway to prepare an integrated management plan for the forest.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Brown, a case in which the meat industry is attempting to invalidate a California law designed to reduce animal suffering and protect public safety. Tags: meat california farm animal welfare factory farm animal law meatpacking.

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MAY 10, 2014

‘Tis true that anyone who plucks a bloom in modern times will have more than just the pixies to contend with as the flowers are protected by law to prevent people from digging up the bulbs to plant in their own gardens.

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JANUARY 21, 2016

“Below the 40th latitude there is no law; below the 50th no god; below the 60th no common sense and below the 70th no intelligence whatsoever.” (“Antarctica” by Kim Stanley Robinson, 1998). The deal failed due to Russia voting against it, citing uncertainty about whether the commission had the authority to establish a marine protected area.

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Critter News

JULY 12, 2009

Less than one year ago, Puerto Rico enacted a landmark animal protection law, based in part on a set of model laws drafted by the Animal Legal Defense Fund. states and jurisdictions with regards to the strength of their laws protecting animals. The sweeping set of reforms provided for in Act 154 (P S.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 17, 2009

Six members of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty were convicted at a 2006 trial in New Jersey of conspiracy to violate the 1992 Animal Enterprise Protection Act. The law, since revised, aimed to protect animal research laboratories from illegal, sometimes violent protests. From the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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Critter News

APRIL 20, 2010

The Supreme Court struck down a law that outlawed the depiction of animal cruelty. He argued that his documentaries were protected by the First Amendment. A federal judge disagreed and a jury convicted him of selling banned depictions of dog fights in violation of the 1999 law. He was sentenced to three years in prison.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2016

It’s about putting the Federal Government back into the confines of the law.”. It’s imperative that local, state, and federal law enforcement ensure the safety of our land managers. It puts our ecologically valuable wildlife at risk and disrespects the men and women charged with protecting our natural resources.

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Critter News

JULY 8, 2011

Animal Welfare Groups Win Industry Backing for First-Ever Federal Regulation of Hen Welfare Groundswell of Public Support Results in Full Court Press for Nationwide Law Protecting Chickens to Replace State-by-State Initiatives WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. A press release I received from the Farm Sanctuary.

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JULY 31, 2015

They were not aware of wildlife laws, and thought they could raise and release them. We would close the flight around 10 PM to protect them from predators, then we’d get up at four in the morning to open the door again. He meant well, but his research told him to feed them Exact parrot formula – which is NOT a diet for ravens.

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