White House imposes new freeze on drilling until oil industry ‘raises the bar on its practices’

The Obama administration imposed a new moratorium on deep water oil drilling Monday. “I am basing my decision on evidence that grows every day of the industry’s inability in the deepwater to contain a catastrophic blowout, respond to an oil spill, and to operate safely,” Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said in a statement…

No charges for Ohio farm owner in cow abuse case

The owner of a central Ohio farm won’t face charges in connection with a video showing cattle being beaten and poked with pitchforks, a prosecutor announced Tuesday…

Animal rights activists target BP

Animal rights advocates are pushing prosecutors to go after oil giant BP with a new weapon: animal cruelty charges…

Prosecutor to consider charges in UW sheep deaths

A judge appointed a special prosecutor Wednesday to weigh animal cruelty charges against nine University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers and officials responsible for experiments that killed sheep…

Maine Egg Farm Settles Allegations of Animal Cruelty

A settlement has been reached in a case involving mistreatment of birds at a Maine egg farm. Under the agreement, Maine Contract Farming, which supplies hens for the Quality Egg farm in Turner, has admitted to 10 civil counts of animal cruelty for not providing hens with adquate shelter and food during a brief time [...]

Charges considered in deaths of 83 wild horses

A Nevada district attorney is considering whether to file criminal charges against federal land managers who are accused by animal rights activists of mistreating wild horses in a roundup…

Judge Tosses Challenge to Wild Horse Roundup

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., dismissed the last remnants of a lawsuit challenging the government’s roundup last winter of 2,000 wild horses in western Nevada…

Bans on pit bulls prompt lawsuit

Two war veterans and a dog-show judge who own pit-bull-terrier service dogs have filed a class-action lawsuit against Aurora and Denver over their bans on the breeds…

California Amended AB200 (Rabies vaccination mandates)

Law makers are going after the wrong target. Instead of requiring all bats to get annual rabies shots, they are on a path leading to annual rabies shots for all dogs and requiring dogs with rabies exemptions to be quarantined until “the medical condition has resolved”…

Fight over Lucy the Elephant heads to court

Lawyers representing the City of Edmonton were in court Tuesday fighting a lawsuit by animal rights groups over the well- being of Valley Zoo elephant, Lucy…

HB10-1238: Colo. Senate Sabotages Wildlife Crossing Bill

A bill intended to reduce collisions between vehicles and wildlife on Colorado roads, including Highway 82, has been sabotaged in the state Senate, Rep. Kathleen Curry…

Monkey ban on governor’s desk

Prospective monkey owners be warned: harboring a primate could bring a $1,500 fine and up to 30 days in jail under a measure the Illinois Senate sent to Gov. Pat Quinn…

Tuscarora wild horse gather preliminary environmental assessment available for public comment

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Elko District, Tuscarora Field Office is proposing to remove about 1,000 excess wild horses in the Owyhee, Rock Creek and Little Humboldt herd management areas (HMAs) to bring the number of wild horses in the three allotments to the appropriate management level of about 440 animals…

Bill banning python sales passes Legislature, heads to governor

A far-reaching measure to block the sale and trade of Burmese pythons and other exotic reptiles in Florida cleared the Legislature on Wednesday and is headed to the governor for his signature…

Federal Appeals Court Rejects Preemption Claim Against California “Downed Animal” Law: A Victory for Animal Rights?

Last month, in National Meat Association v. Brown, a decision lauded by “animal-rights groups,” the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court’s decision preliminarily enjoining enforcement of California Penal Code §599f (the “downed animal law”)…

Tennessee Lawmakers Seek Felony Charges for Horse Cruelty

Horse owners in Tennessee who intentionally neglect their animals would face felony charges under a bill recently introduced into the state’s House of Representatives. HB 3386 amends Tennessee’s aggravated cruelty to animals statute to include horses and other livestock; current law applies to companion animals only. The bill also authorizes the courts to order those [...]

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