Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
 October 12, 2009
Sacramento, Calif. -- Bipartisan support in the California Legislature was not enough to save two animal-welfare laws from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's veto.
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
October 7, 2009
Washington -- Uncle Sam's animal inspectors hope a proposed new rule under the Animal Welfare Act will make it easier to conduct unannounced inspections at circuses, mobile petting zoos and other animal acts.
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
October 2, 2009
By:Brendan Howard
New housing requirements for swine, veal calves and poultry were adopted in Michigan after a last-minute push by the Humane Society of the United States.
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
October 1, 2009
Columbus, Ohio -- Animal-welfare experts, veterinarians, food-animal producers, consumers and others with an interest in food-animal production are invited to a symposium on farm animal welfare issues Oct. 16 arranged by The Ohio State University's Department of Animal Sciences and College of Veterinary Medicine.
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
October 1, 2009
New Orleans -- Another municipal mandatory spay/neuter and breeding-restriction ordinance is under consideration, this time in New Orleans.
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
September 23, 2009
By:Rachael Whitcomb
Santa Monica has joined San Francisco in trying to limit declawing before a new state law takes effect Jan. 1.
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
September 9, 2009
Sacramento, Calif. -- A California bill requiring all dogs and cats to be spayed or neutered by 6 months of age has failed -- again.
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
September 8, 2009
By:Daniel R. Verdon
A massive public-service advertising campaign will be unleashed Sept. 21 to spur pet adoptions.
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
September 1, 2009
By:Brendan Howard
Americans today are wrestling with the value of their pets and the laws protecting animals more than ever before. And experts say veterinarians are, and should be, at the center of the debate.
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