Business beats animal welfare in Colorado

Business beats animal welfare in Colorado, USA

COLORADO, USA – DENVER POST REPORTS: A law designed to stop puppy and kitten mills supplying pet stores has been dropped because ‘we cannot be anti-business’ in the words of Republican Richard Holtorf, who sits on the Colorado House Rural Affairs and Agriculture Committee of the legislature. No doubt the bill was intended to …

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Maryland, USA: pet stores complain unsuccessfully about ban on selling cats and dogs

New law Maryland to encourage adoption of rescue companion animals

MARYLAND, USA – OPINION AND NEWS: There is a sensible trend in the USA which might snowball. State legislatures have decided that it is time to stop unethical cat and dog breeders (unlicensed puppy and kitten mills) supplying pet stores and to encourage the adoption of rescued animals instead. The objective could not be …

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Big business and politicians need to learn the lesson of the coronavirus

Apple store China before closure

Supply chains are being severely affected by the China coronavirus epidemic. Business managers have ordered employees to work from home. Many big Western businesses are in China for cheap, high quality manufacturing. And many manufacturers in the West such as car makers sell to China. The world’s largest company (or it was), Apple Inc., …

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No crime for woman who hoarded 105 cats in apartment

Reaction of readers to story that a cat hoarder of 105 cats was not charged with an animal cruelty crime

Guelph, Ontario, Canada: Sudbury.com report that a woman living in an apartment had surrendered 105 cats to the Guelph Humane Society last week. The matter was investigated by the Provincial Animal Welfare Services (PAWS) who decided there would be no criminal charges. Their inspector attended the property. The owner relinquished all of her cats …

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Dog owner is employed by Sheriff’s Department investigating the case? Guess how things went.

underweight dog

UPDATE 11 p.m. Chatham County Sheriff’s Office has responded: The Chatham County Police Department investigated the case along with Chatham County Animal Services. Both agencies are separate from the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office. You may make an Open Records request to obtain the details of their investigations First of all, I’d like to say …

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Britain’s ‘First Lady’ will help drive better animal welfare

Carrie Symonds on Twitter

Girlfriend Carrie Symonds, 31, could play a VERY active role during five years in No10 – after he dropped ‘engagement hint’ – Daily Mail Britain is uniquely positioned to be a driver for animal welfare and conservation over the coming years because we have a ‘First Lady’ to be proud of; Carrie Symonds. She’s …

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Crimean private zookeeper said he will shoot his own bears and the lions and tigers will be next

Oleg Zubkov with one of his many lions

Oleg Zubkov is the owner of a safari park and zoo in CrimeaA. It appears to be a private zoo on a gargantuan scale. A scale at which Oleg Zubkov is incapable of coping because, for example, he says that he needs 3,500 tonnes of food a day for his animals. The park covers …

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