This is a selection of everything that is going on legislatively for cats.
Africa’s lion population plummets by two thirds in 50 years Nickson Parmisa / Wildlife Direct This lioness was killed on June 20, 2012, along with her sister and four cubs in Sholinge, Kenya, just outside Nairobi National Park. The lionesses had gone into a cattle area to teach the cubs to hunt. By Miguel…
Lions Need Your Voice Now! We have until 15th June 2013 to give input on the proposed new TOPS regulations. If you wish to give input, and you’d like us to help lions, please send a quick and easy letter here: https://catlaws.com CANNED LION HUNTING AND THE NEW TOPS REGULATIONS The…
HAVE THE PARK’S ANIMALS BECOME POLITICAL PAWNS? In Springwater Provincial Park near Barrie, Ontario, there’s a modest little wildlife compound (zoo) with a small, ad hoc collection of native wild animals. Recently, the Ontario government changed the Park status to non-operational meaning visitor services are no longer provided and staff are not present. That…
The Pasco Animal Services Ordinance PASSED Alternative #1 that forbids breeders to conduct sales at Flea Markets. I want to thank those of you who took the time to call or email the board of county commissioners. I also want to thank those of you who were able to speak in front of the commissioners…
Great News! Florida Governor Signs Bill Supporting Pound and Shelter Transparency and Trap Neuter Release You did it! Ally Cat Allies is happy to report that yesterday, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed into law the bill supporting pound and shelter transparency—and it was amended to also endorse Trap-Neuter-Return! This is a huge step forward for Florida’s animals….
IUCN Headquarters IUCN Conservation Centre, Rue Mauverney 28, 1196, Gland, Switzerland mail@iucn.org Phone:+41 22 9990000 Fax:+41 22 9990002 Asia Regional Office 63, Soi Prompong, Sukhumvit Soi 39, Wattana, 10110 Bangkok, Thailand asia@iucn.org Phone: +66 2 6624032 Fax: +66 2 6624387 Fax: +66 2 6624388 International Union for Conservation of Nature Headquarters, Asian Regional Office The Indochinese tiger is a…
This bill needs your support so that big cats can no longer be bred for lives of exploitation and misery in Texas. Texas residents! Please send a quick and easy letter to your Reps today to Support HB 1015 A bill like this could have saved Dolly the Mountain Lion 83R3908 KKR-F By: Guillen H.B. No. 1015 A…
The AVMA has strengthened its opposition to declawing captive exotic and other wild cats. Read more: https://www.avma.org/news/javmanews/pages/130115l.aspx
When residents of Half Moon Bay, California, called the California Fish and Game to report two baby mountain lions who were near downtown, wardens put in a request for a pole syringe and tranquilizing drug. But for some reason, when they arrived at the scene, they killed the cubs instead. Yes, mountain lions are wild animals…
USDA Announces Recent Animal Welfare Act and Horse Protection Act Enforcement Actions Contact: Dave Sacks (301) 851-4079 Lyndsay Cole (970) 494-7410 WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 2012–The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is continuing to move more swiftly and consistently to take enforcement action in response to animal welfare violations. As part…