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HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvanians can purchase annual dog licenses from county treasurers beginning Dec. 1. State law requires all dogs three months and older to be licensed by Jan. 1 each year. "A dog license is an inexpensive way to keep peace of mind in the event your dog gets lost," Agriculture Secretary George Greig said. "It's your dog's ticket home, and it's the law." An annual license is $8.45 and a lifetime license is $51.45. If the...
Contestants saved 14,376 more lives during contest over same period last year NEW YORK, Nov. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) today announced that a total of 56,232 pets found homes during the 2012 ASPCA Rachael Ray $100K Challenge, a three-month competition where 50 shelters from across the United States worked to increase the number of animals saved--either by adoption, alternative placements or being...
Consumers Urged to Choose the Taste of Guilt-Free Eggs NEW YORK, Nov. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In recognition of the scale and intensity of the animal welfare issues presented by caged egg production, the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) today announced the launch of its new "Choose Cage-Free" campaign in the U.S. and Canada. The campaign will educate consumers about the disturbing plight of egg-laying hens, and encourage them to buy cage-free eggs....
WHAT: Hero Dog Departure to Military Family in SpainWHEN: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 11:30 a.m.WHERE: MCO, Continental Cargo Facility, 8841 Bear Road, Orlando, FL 32827 ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dante, a black Labrador who suffered severe snakebites while protecting his human family then received life-saving Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) at SPCA Florida, is finally heading home for the holidays. Dante's human parents, United States Navy Commander...
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Issues Positive Finding on Groups' Petition to List Lions as Endangered WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the African lion may warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), following an initial review of a petition seeking to protect the species which was filed by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), Humane...
"There are too many incidents off set and they must stop," says AHA President WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Humane Association, which has protected more than a million animals in film during the 70+ years of its famed "No Animals Were Harmed®" program with a 99.98 percent safety rate on set, called the injuries and deaths of animals living at the working farm where some of the animal actors from "The Hobbit" were also being housed needless and...
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...
