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Authorizing Municipalities to Prohibit the Sale of Dogs, Cats, and Rabbits in Pet Shops (Connecticut)
Authorizes municipalities to adopt ordinances to prohibit the sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits in pet shops. -
Combatting Wildlife Trafficking (Connecticut)
Restricts the import, possession, sale, or transportation of body parts of African elephants, lions, leopards, black rhinos, white rhinos, and giraffes in the state -
Creating a Companion Animal Custody Law (Maine)
Requires judges to consider the well-being of the companion animal and certain relevant factors when determining with whom the animal will live -
Ag-Gag (Texas)
HB 1480/SB 472 would create an Ag-Gag law in Texas — preventing the public from learning about animal cruelty. -
Courtroom Animal Advocate Program (Illinois)
The Illinois Courtroom Animal Advocate Program (CAAP) bill, HB 1169, would provide for a volunteer attorney to advocate for cat and dog victims in cruelty cases. -
Banning Trapping (Vermont)
Restricts trapping and bans the use of dogs in hunting black bears -
Banning the Sale of Foie Gras (Rhode Island)
Prohibits restaurants and retailers from selling any force-fed poultry product or food containing a force-fed poultry product. -
Banning the Sale of Fur (Massachusetts)
Bans the sale of new fur products, including clothing, fashion accessories, and home décor, in the Commonwealth. -
Racketeering of Aquatic and Wild Animal Life (Florida)
Racketeering of Aquatic and Wild Animal Life (HB 783/SB 776) would add wildlife crimes to the list of racketeering offenses, allowing further penalty to those who illegally take, kill, sell, purchase, or possess wild animals under Florida’s RICO Act. -
Courtroom Animal Advocate Program (New York)
Courtroom Animal Advocate Program (CAAP) laws allow advocates — supervised law students or volunteer lawyers — to advocate for animal victims in criminal cruelty cases.
