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Ensure That Dogs and Their Families Can Stay Together (Massachusetts)
Expands access to housing by prohibiting certain discriminatory policies for tenants, residents, homeowners, and renters based on their dog’s breed and by helping ensure families can be housed together with companion animals during a state of emergency -
Cat Declawing Ban (Virginia)
Virginia lawmakers are considering prohibiting cat declawing, the surgical amputation of all or part of the last bone in a cat’s toes. It can have lifelong medical implications and stops a cat from exhibiting natural behaviors. -
Tig’s Tale: A Puppy Mill Mom
This 12-minute documentary film exposes the conditions inside puppy mills, but also the long-term psychological impact these facilities have on mother and father dogs who are lucky enough to get a chance at a happy life. -
Ryder’s Law
Proposed New York City legislation will phase out and ban horse-drawn carriages in the city and replace them with horseless, electric carriages. -
Ban Predatory Lending Related to Companion Animal Sales (California)
This California state bill prohibits the financing of purchases of dogs and cats, often used in the sale of animals bred in puppy or kitten mills and sold online. -
Recognizing Animal Sentience (New York City)
New York City Resolution 260 will officially recognize “that animals are sentient beings entitled to respect and consideration, protection from abuse, neglect and cruelty, and the maximization of their welfare.” -
Animal Care and Control Omnibus Amendment Act of 2021 (Washington, D.C.)
Bill would implement a retail pet sale ban in Washington, D.C.; prohibit cat declawing in the District; criminalize the sexual abuse of animals; ban the possession of dogfighting implements; and make additional improvements for animals. -
Cat Declawing Ban (Maryland)
Maryland has become the second U.S. state to ban declawing, a surgical procedure in which all or part of the last bone in a cat’s toes is amputated. Declawing can have lifelong medical implications and adversely affect behavior. -
Protecting Chickens from Extreme Confinement (Arizona)
Chickens are among the most abused animals, yet have few legal protections. Now, Arizona’s Department of Agriculture has established regulations protecting hens used by the egg industry from the cruelest form of intensive confinement. -
Strengthening Protections Against the Sexual Abuse of Animals (Florida)
Florida lawmakers have passed a bill strengthening penalties for the sexual abuse of animals as well as imposing a possession ban on those convicted, limiting their future interactions with animals.
