Current and archived news about pets:
Pets
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Dog Dies During a United Airlines Flight from Boston to Fort Lauderdale
The airline is claiming that the dog “injured itself while chewing through and escaping his kennel” but the results of a necropsy performed on the animal suggest that he died of heatstroke.
September 28, 2019
Man in Florida Fined for Improper Euthanization of Cats
A judge recently ordered Paul Zhang to pay almost $3,000 in fines and prohibited him from trapping cats for euthanizing 27 of the animals without their caretakers' permission as part of his "trap-neuter-vaccinate-release" work.
September 27, 2019
New York State Government Facilitates Rescue of Pets Trapped in Cars
The government has enacted legislation that allows emergency responders to rescue pets in cars in cases of “extreme heat or cold without proper ventilation or other protection, which puts the animal in danger of death or serious injury.”
September 10, 2019
Woman in California Imprisoned for Abandonment of Seven Puppies
Coachella resident Deborah Sue Culwell was sentenced to one year in jail after pleading guilty to the charges against her. She had placed the three-day-old puppies in a plastic bag and dumped them in a garbage bin. One of the puppies did not survive.
August 17, 2019
Delaware Declared the First 'No-Kill' State in the United States
The Best Friends Animal Society recently made the declaration in response to animal shelters throughout the state saving virtually all of the cats and dogs taken in by them.
August 14, 2019
New York State Government Makes Declawing of Cats Illegal
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo recently signed into law a measure that makes anyone who performs the procedure unless it is medically necessary subject to a $1,000 fine.
July 29, 2019
Judges in Rhode Island Authorized to Include Pets in Domestic Violence Protective Orders
Legislation recently enacted by the government of the state expands the Family Court's jurisdiction to allow it to enter protective orders to provide for the safety and welfare of household pets in domestic abuse situations.
July 20, 2019
Case of Police Killing a Pet Dog Settled for $750,000 in Missouri
Police officers stated that Kiya was charging at them when they shot her but a police-shooting expert testified during the trial that led to the settlement that evidence showed she was not.
July 19, 2019
Government of Regency in Indonesia to End Dog-Meat Trade
A plan recently announced by the Karanganyar government calls for closing of all 21 of the stalls at which dog meat is sold in the regency and creation of alternative livelihoods for people currently reliant on the trade.
July 13, 2019
Louisiana Government Bans Most Sales of Animals to Laboratories by Shelters
The government has enacted legislation that prohibits shelters from selling live animals to laboratories and bans shelters from taking in animals who will be killed and then sold to laboratories.
July 5, 2019
