Support bill that prevents communities from discriminating against any breed of dog in Missouri! No breed specific legislation!

Missouri: SB 886 Regulates the Dog, Not the Breed
Sponsor(s): Senator Jolie Justus
ASPCA Position: Support
Action Needed: Please email our letter to your state senator and members of the Missouri State Senate Economic Development, Tourism and Local Government Committee to express your support for this bill.
Sponsored by Senator Jolie Justus, SB 886 would allow any [...]

End Euthanasia of Healthy and Treatable Animals!

End Euthanasia of Healthy and Treatable Animals!
Every year, an estimated four to six million dogs and cats are euthanized in animal care and control facilities in the United States. This problem is pervasive, and it remains a source of shame for our country.
The American Humane Association’s Getting to Zero� Initiative is a national undertaking based [...]

Council delays decision on dog-chaining law

By Chris Paschenko
The Daily News
Published January 10, 2008
DICKINSON — Saying law-abiding residents shouldn’t be made criminals, the Dickinson City Council decided to postpone enacting an ordinance banning the chaining of dogs, so it could review the language of the law.
Councilmen Mark Townsend and Kerry Neves said Wednesday they’ve had some dogs they’ve had to restrain [...]

Pit bull found battered to death

By GLORIA CAMPISIPhiladelphia Daily News
campisg@phillynews.com 215-854-5935The battered body of a dead pit bull, stoned with chunks of concrete and bricks, was found hanging from a railing at an abandoned school at 27th and Huntingdon streets Tuesday.
The dog, an adult male, had been bashed so severely a Pennsylvania SPCA investigator said there was no way to [...]

annie

I pet Annie for about 10 minutes today! I opened one side of her cage and reached in to pet her. She has a little cat cube and I reached inside, SLOWLY, and eventually made it to her paw. She let me pet under her chin (of course no cat could refuse that!), her face, [...]

Cops say woman hid dog’s body after it froze to death

LIVINGSTON MANOR — A 47-year-old woman was charged with an animal cruelty violation yesterday when police found her pit bull’s body stashed in the woods behind her house.
Police say Daniele Edwards left her pit bull, Blue, outside and without shelter the night of Jan. 4. The temperature dipped to 5 degrees that night, and the [...]

Cats at the shelter I volunteer at

Wally

This is Wally, he was found as a stray in Kansas City, Missouri. Someone put a puppy collar on him and never took it off. As her grew, his skin grew around it and the collar became embedded. He required surgery to remove the collar. He is doing much better now [...]

feral cat

I talked to a friend of mine who volunteers at the shelter with me about what I could do to show the cat I was not a threat. She reminded me of something I already do with my own cats, blink at them. Slowly blinking at them shows them that you are not a threat [...]

Feral Cat

I started sitting next to her cage today, reading or watching something on my ipod, while talking to her a bit. I am not sitting there for very long-at the most, 20 minutes. She is very cautious and if I get too close to the cage, she lets me know with a hiss or swat [...]