Latest Animal welfare Stories
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- California's egg farmers filed suit Friday in Fresno County Superior Court seeking a determination that Proposition 2 - a law regulating egg-laying hen enclosures - is unconstitutionally vague. The law's lack of clarity in size and density requirements prevents egg farmers from modifying their housing facilities in time to comply with the January 1, 2015, implementation date. "California's egg farmers have spent the last four years...
Generous $500K grant from Rachael Ray provides temporary sheltering and care NEW YORK, Nov. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The ASPCA(®) (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(®)) today established an emergency boarding facility--made possible by a $500,000 grant provided by television personality, bestselling author and animal advocate Rachael Ray--in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn to provide temporary sheltering for hundreds of animals...
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A research team from the University of Guelph has been investigating the boredom of captive animals. Their findings, published in PLOS ONE, are the first to empirically demonstrate boredom in confined animals. The team hopes to encourage the development of more suitable housing systems for captive animals. "Ideas about how to assess animal boredom scientifically have been raised before, but this is really the first time that anyone's...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- To help the most helpless, American Humane Association's Red Star(TM) Animal Emergency Services team has been on the scene in the Northeast corridor for the past two weeks providing essential rescue, treatment, and shelter services, as well as emergency food, supplies, and medicine to cold, hungry and frightened animals caught in the path of Superstorm Sandy. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101108/DC97343LOGO) It is...
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- DogTime Media, the largest vertical media community focused exclusively on pet owners, announced the launch of their adoptable animal finder site adopt.dogtime.com. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081001/AQW549LOGO) The new site features nearly 100,000 animals currently available for adoption from legitimate shelters and rescue groups across the country. Users can easily search through large photos of each animal and find...
MT. RAINIER, Md., Nov. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Alley Cat Rescue (ACR), the international cat protection organization, urges environmentalists to act cautiously when pronouncing that they want ALL outdoor feral cats eradicated. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121101/DC04423 ) ACR President and TNR (trap-neuter-return) pioneer, Louise Holton, is asking the environmental community to seriously consider what happened on just 2 islands when they eradicated cats....
LAKELAND, Fla., Nov. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SPCA Florida, leading the state in advancing animal health care and well-being, announced today that Sean Hawkins, former Director of Strategic Partnerships for American Humane Association, has accepted the new Chief Executive Officer position for the 33 year-old institution. "The opening of the state-of-the-art McClurg Animal Medical Center in September on the SPCA Florida campus and the forward-thinking leadership of the SPCA Florida...
TURIN, Italy, October 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- New EU video on working animals [https://vimeo.com/52372308 ] The European Commission's Directorate-general for Health and Consumers finishes its participation in the international Salone del Gusto food fair in Turin, Italy with the premiere of a video on working animals and a conference on Animal Welfare. With over 250,000 visitors from 25-29 October 2012, the Salone is one of the biggest fairs of its kind. It...
Tips to develop emergency evacuation plan with pets before "Franken-storm" makes landfall NEW YORK, Oct. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In anticipation of Hurricane Sandy, the ASPCA(®) (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(®)) urges pet owners to develop an emergency evacuation plan to keep their families and pets safe before the storm makes landfall on the East Coast. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20060731/NYM024LOGO) "The best thing you can...
New resource encourages communities to build coalitions to identify, tackle animal abuse NEW YORK, Oct. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The ASPCA(®) (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(®)) and the National Link Coalition today launched the first-ever toolkit to help communities build coalitions to address the link between animal cruelty and human violence. The resource was developed by Dr. Randall Lockwood, senior vice president of ASPCA Forensic...
