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October 1, 1011
Pet Owners Seek Blessings for Creatures Large and Small
St. Stephen Catholic Church celebrated the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi with a blessing of animals Sunday.
By D'Ann White
Mary Anne Peters figured that that Ollie was overdue for a blessing.
A yellow cockatiel, Ollie was a recent gift from a customer to Peters'
roommate. But the bird was in tough shape, missing all of the feathers on
the top of his head and chest.
So Peters placed the bird and cage in her car, along with her boxer, and
headed to her church Oct. 2 to have both bird and dog blessed in what has
become an annual Blessing of the Animals at St. Stephen Catholic Church,
5049 Bell Shoals Rd., Valrico.
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Top 10 $1,000 dog health insurance claims
Updated: Sep 26, 2011 1:29 PM PDT
By Jennifer Viegas
From The Dog Daily
Few of us consider that treatment for a single pet health incident or
condition can cost $1,000 or more -- a reason many dog owners give for
surrendering their pets to shelters. A recent survey from Veterinary Pet
Insurance (VPI), the nation's oldest and largest provider of pet health
insurance, identified the top 10 most common claims that cost $1,000 or
more. They are:
Torn knee ligament/cartilage
Foreign object in the intestine
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Dog Thefts Up 67% This Year
Dog thefts on the rise.
A crappy economy and chronic unemployment have prompted people to do some
shady things for cash, but stealing someone’s pet for resale has to be
one of the meanest. Unfortunately, according to the American Kennel Club
(AKC), dog thefts are on the rise, up approximately 67 percent from last
year.
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March 7, 2011 (AP)
California ferret owners want their pets legalized
By TERENCE CHEA Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif.
By TERENCE CHEA
Associated Press
California's ferret owners are tired of being criminals.
They live in the only U.S. state besides Hawaii that bans residents
from keeping ferrets as pets, forcing an untold number of Californians to
keep their beloved weasels hidden from the public.
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22nd Annual America's Family Pet Expo Facilitates the Adoption of 682
Animals From Southern California Shelters and Rescue Organizations
World's Largest Consumer Pet Show Celebrates an Increased Number of Pet
Adoptions
MONROVIA, Calif., April 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The 22nd annual
America's Family Pet Expo, hosted by the World Pet Association (WPA),
returned to the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, Calif., April
15-17. The pet expo featured stage shows, educational experiences with
more than 1,000 animals, shopping, pet experts and family-friendly
entertainment.
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Solvang, CA 4/6/2011
The Solvang City Council has renewed the city’s
animal control contract with Santa Barbara County but postponed a decision on adopting the county’s spay and neuter
ordinance.
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Spay-neuter ordinance moves forward
By Julian J. Ramos/Staff Writer Santa Ynez Valley News Posted: Thursday, March 17, 2011 12:00 am
A spay-neuter ordinance asking pet owners to be responsible for their dog
or cat is a step closer to becoming part of the Buellton city code.
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Possible program for dog safety
Local non-profits hope to implement program over breed-specific laws
By Bridget Jones, Journal staff writer
A new program hopes to be an alternative to breed-specific legislation in
Auburn.
Safety First, a program being organized by several local non profit
groups and American Kennel Clubs, would provide community outreach in the
form of low-cost spay and neuter clinics, training clinics and
educational campaigns, said Lynn Howe, of the A New Hope Animal
Foundation and head of volunteers for Placer County Animal Services.
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Rescue groups gain edge in picking prime pups
BY JAMES BURGER, Californian staff writer
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After dark, the dirty work at Disneyland begins
Park workers have also found a resourceful way to remove
other unwanted guests — rodents.
Years ago — no one seems to know when — feral cats began to sneak into
the park, living among the park's trees and shrubs during the day. At
night, they venture out, and an estimated 200 cats now prowl through
Disneyland and neighboring California Adventure Park.
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Groups allege HSUS fraud
HSUS leader defends group's lobbying efforts, tax-deductible status
Santa Cruz to repeal 34-year-old dog ban?
Associated Press - March 16, 2010 7:44 PM ET
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) - A merchants group wants Santa Cruz to repeal
its 34-year-old ban on dogs downtown. Click Here to read more
SACRAMENTO - January 25, 2010
Ma Introduces Consumer Protection Bill to Address Problem of Animal
Fur Sold as Fake
Assemblywoman Fiona Ma (D-San Francisco)
introduced Assembly Bill 1656, a measure to protect a consumer´s right to know by
requiring all garments sold in California that are made of animal fur to
say so on the label. Ma´s bill comes after investigations in the Los
Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento areas found unlabeled fur
jackets for sale at well-known stores, in several instances being described by
the salespeople as fake fur
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LONG BEACH - Animal Control Looks To Volunteers
Article by Darcy Leigh Richardson
In an effort to be proactive in terms of animal overpopulation and
subsequent animal euthanasia in Long Beach, the Department of Animal Care
Services (ACS) is sending out a call for volunteers. However, instead of
needing more volunteers at the spcaLA animal shelter (which shares the
building with Animal Care Services at 7700 E. Spring St.), ACS officials
say volunteers are needed in the city’s neighborhoods to raise awareness
of the importance of spaying and neutering pets (especially cats since it
is mandatory for felines), mandatory dog licensing, and the city’s
spay/neuter voucher program.
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Groups allege HSUS fraud
HSUS leader defends group's lobbying efforts, tax-deductible status
By Wes Sander - Capital Press
An animal-owners organization is hoping to persuade the Internal
Revenue Service to investigate whether political lobbying by the
Humane Society of the United States is illegal.
HSUS's lobbying on national and state levels likely surpasses the
boundaries set by its nonprofit status under the IRS code, said Susan
Wolf, spokeswoman for the Sportsmen's and Animal Owners' Voting Alliance.
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Bakersfield New, Improved Animal Regulations Hit Kern County
Regulations Target Backyard Breeders, Irresponsible Pet Owners
January 14, 2010 - Christine Dinh, Reporter
Backyard breeders beware, there are some new regulations aimed to make sure consumers and animals are protected.
"I think realistically people who got a puppy and wanted to breed it
eventually are going to maybe think twice," said dog breeder and
County Animal Control Commissioner Janice Anderson.
That's because starting Feb. 12, County Animal Control will be
enforcing some much stiffer regulations to crackdown on backyard
breeding and irresponsible pet owners.
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Kern County supervisors voted to change the county's animal control laws
on Tuesday after four years of controversy and debate.
The major goal of all the work was to combat animal overpopulation in
Kern County, which forces county workers to kill nearly 20,000 unwanted
animals a year.
Supervisors blessed rules requiring license numbers be added to
advertisements offering animals for sale. They also implemented
penalties for failing to license dogs.
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Santa Barbara Adopts Spay-Neuter Ordinance
Supervisors Adopt Ordinance Requiring Owners to Spay/Neuter Pets
The law applies only to unincorporated areas of the county, and veterinarians can grant exemptions
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County adopts spay-neuter ordinance - The Daily Sound
By COLBY FRAZIER — Nov. 11, 2009
One of the most divisive, and sensitive, topics to go before the Santa
Barbara County Board of Supervisors in months concluded yesterday with
the adoption of an ordinance that requires most cats and dogs to be
spayed or neutered.
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Claremont PD Announces that the Inland Valley Humane Society
Will be canvassing the City to ensure ALL dogs are licensed
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Beaumont, CA - Animal ordinance approved
Published: Friday, October 23, 2009 12:22 AM CDT
Beaumont’s city council approved the mandatory microchipping,
neutering and spaying of animals Tuesday, but not before hearing
several people — mainly out-of-towners — criticize the pending decision.
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Huntington Beach, CA designated "Dog Town USA"
Huntington Beach, CA designated "Dog Town USA", by Dog Fancy magazine.
And there were more reasons: “It seems like everyone is SouthernCalifornia who knows dogs knows the Park Bench Café; and it’s in HuntingtonBeach! The city has a nice complement of veterinarians and specialists.Plus, 820 dogs through a shelter in a city of 30,000 dogs indicates that
owners are keeping their dogs in the house, in their yards or on leashes.That’s a super number, as is the number of those dogs (610) who are
either found by their owners, adopted or rescued..
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Santa Barbara Homeless Pet Clinic
San Roque Pet Hospital Offers Free Care to Street Pets
Friday, July 17, 2009
By Dayle Dempsey
If you have strolled down State Street, chances are you’ve seen the
homeless man who walks with his rat balanced on his cat, which is
balanced on his dog. While it is a peculiar spectacle, it is not a
singular one—the number of companion animals living on the streets is
surprisingly high. It is a fact of which Santa Barbara veterinarian David
Dawson is keenly aware. In Santa Barbara County alone there are roughly
6,000 homeless people, with approximately one in 10 owning a pet. "With
these economic times, we will not see the end of pet homelessness," said
Dawson. "We need to give back and make a change to keep the pets and
public of Santa Barbara healthy."
And that is exactly what he is doing.Click Here for the rest of the story
More Legislation to Ban Antibiotics
This week, California State Senator Dean Florez, chairman of the
Senate Committee on Food and Agriculture has introduced legislation to
amend the California Constitution to ban the use of non-therapeutic
antibiotics in meat-producing livestock.
According to a report by Western United Dairymen, Florez is looking for
every possible legislative vehicle available to push forward his agenda.
SCA 23 was introduced on June 24. This measure is not subject to bill
deadlines and can be moved at anytime. The measure requires a two- third
vote of both the Assembly and the Senate to be placed on California's
ballot. Then it would require approval of a majority of the voters to
amend the state Constitution.
Source: Western United Dairymen
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Riverside council approves higher pet fees
June 18, 2009
By DAVID DANELSKI
The Press-Enterprise
Responsible pet ownership is going to cost more in Riverside.
The City Council voted Tuesday to double the price of dog licenses and
increase other animal-related fees, effective immediately. The changes
bring the cost of a one-year license to $16 for a spayed or neutered dog.
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Los Angelese City Council sends mixed message on animals with Friday anti-rescue vote May 14, 12:57 PM
Ruby, a Dachshund mix, was pulled from a local shelter by a private rescue on the day she was scheduled to be killed. As a senior dog, the
shelter allotted her only twenty days to find a home before being euthanized.
The L.A. City Council voted Friday to create stricter controls on
Animal Services adoption fee waivers granted to certain pet rescues and
shelters that save animals from City shelters. Spurred by the complaint
of a private citizen that she believed certain rescues were profiting
from adoption fees, and what one Councilmember called "anecdotal
information," the Council amended the L.A. Municipal Code to say that any
rescue that received a fee waiver could not, when adopting the animal out
to a member of the public, require an adoption fee that would "exceed the
organization's aggregate cost recovery."
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TORRANCE - Spay-neuter law weighed for Torrance
PETS: City advisory panel will discuss mandate suggested by animal
advocate.
By Nick Green, Staff Writer
Posted: 04/13/2009 11:06:36 PM PDT
The advisory panel to the City Council has decided to discuss a potential
spay and neuter ordinance for cats and dogs at its next meeting May 7 at
City Hall
Notices to local homeowners associations and other groups will be mailed
later this week - an unusual step that underscores the sensitivity of the
issue.
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Laguna Woods City approves spay and neuter
law
Wednesday approved an ordinance that calls for dogs
and cats six months and older to be spayed or neutered.
The City Council in front of a nearly full audience voted 4-1 in approval of the first reading of the ordinance.
Councilman Bert Hack voted against it
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Santa
Barbara City Dog License Fees go up
Dog Owners Will Pay More For Licenses
Santa Barbara, CA-- Santa Barbara dog owners will now be paying more to keep their dogs licensed
At Tuesday's city council meeting, members approved a five-dollar increase in dog licensing fees. The price hike
will bring the city an extra $25,000 a year.
Those fees will go into effect starting June 1st.
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Manteca - Dog owners on neutering:
It bites
Workshop targets fixing dogs They say it is wrong response to series of dog maulings, By Jason Campbell, Reporter
POSTED March 31, 2009 2:20 a.m. It was a discussion about dogs in heat
And it definitely got heated.
More than two dozen dog owners stridently defended their position against a possible ordinance that would make
the fixing of all dogs mandatory under city law if the City Council were to approve the same piece of legislation
that is already in place the similarly sized City of Santa Cruz.
The council is expected to discuss the possible ordinance – which tentatively includes exceptions for recognized
show dogs, livestock dogs, police dogs, or assistance dogs in addition to city-licensed breeders – when they meet
again on Tuesday, April 7, at 7 p.m. at the Civic Center, 1001 W. Center St.
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Small Victory in Manteca, CA
Wed Apr 8, 2009
Council Snips Attempt to Require Mandatory Dog Fixing
The City of Manteca won¹t decree that dog owners get their animals fixed.
Pits bulls and related breeds will remain as the only dogs facing mandatory spaying and neutering in Manteca after
the council Tuesday rejected a plan to extend that requirement to all dogs.
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South Lake Tahoe
South Lake Tahoe considers ban on retail sale of dogs, cats
updated 2:13 p.m. PT, Tues., March. 17, 2009
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) -- South Lake Tahoe has moved one step closer to becoming the latest city to ban
the retail sale of dogs and cats by pet stores.
The city's planning commission recommended approval of the proposed ordinance on a 4-1 vote Thursday. It now will
go to the City Council for consideration.
Supporters say the ordinance would allow the city to do its part to combat puppy mills -- high-volume breeding
facilities that the Humane Society of the United States considers to be inhumane.
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Laguna Woods
Changes to animal services ordinances draw large crowd to Laguna Woods
Friday, February 20, 2009
Changes to animal services ordinances draw large crowd to Laguna Woods City Council Limiting number of animals
and mandatory neutering, spaying proposed.
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LANCASTER
Vicious-dog ordinance gets 5-0 final approval by Council
This story appeared in the Antelope Valley Press, January 2009
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Elephants will stay at L.A.
Zoo, council decides
1:04 PM, January 28, 2009
Elephants will remain at the Los Angeles Zoo
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SAN CLEMENETE
Thursday, February 5, 2009
It's back to the drawing board for San Clemente animal ordinance
By FRED SWEGLES - The Orange County Register
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RIVERSIDE County Opponents fail
to stop ordinance aimed at abandoned pets
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Opponents fail to stop ordinance aimed at abandoned pets
By JEFF ROWE - Staff Writer
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 10:10 PM
UKIAH
City Council: Caretaker replaces guardian
By ROB BURGESS The Daily Journal
Updated: 02/19/2009 12:03:26 AM PST
For More Here
Guardian/owner' may be pet law of future
By ROB BURGESS The Daily Journal
Updated: 02/05/2009 12:02:16 AM PST
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Council Staff Direction to Prepare Guardian Language Ordinance M/S
City Of Ukiah - Click Here
For City Council Minutes of the December 17, 2008 Meeting
- Prepare Guardian Language Ordinance
County of San Luis Obispo
The Animal Services Division (Division), under the umbrella of the Sheriff's Department, is responsible for
providing animal care and control services throughout the County of San Luis Obispo. The animal shelter
is located off Highway 1, four miles west of downtown San Luis Obispo. The Division is funded by internally
generated revenue, service contract fees and the County's general fund. The Division's operating budget
for the current fiscal year is approximately $2.1 million.
Download the Final Animal Sheleter Report in Pdf Format By Clicking here
A study was initiated by Sheriff Pat Hedges in order to obtain an objective analysis of Animal Services in light
of complaints and comments received from community members as well as Animal Services volunteers.
Read the report by clicking here
Winograd VS Los Angeles County
Animal Care
ANIMAL LOVERS ACHIEVE VICTORY IN LAWSUIT TO PROTECT L.A. ANIMALS
CLICK HERE TO READ THE STORY
The Superior Court in Los Angeles struck two blows against animal mistreatment in Los Angeles County's animal shelters
by giving plaintiffs the first two victories in their lawsuit.
Read the Press Release by clicking here
For the court order overruling County on Motion to Dismiss,click Here
For the court order ordering the County to allow plaintiffs
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