In an episode of Fear Factor, “Snake Bite”, contestants were asked to remove snakes from crawling on another contestant using only their (the contestant’s) mouths. This exercise was designed to force those afraid of snakes…
Pitcher Mark Buehrle, who recently signed with the Marlins, cannot actually live near the Miami stadium because, Slater, one of his 4 dogs is a pit bull. Miami-Dade County has had a pit bull ban…
In the case of Mikey, below, the United States attorney’s office is suing the condo complex for not allowing an elderly disabled women to keep her service dog in violation of the Fair Housing Act,…
Here is to a happy 2012. Every New Year brings with it new laws and regulations. Here are the highlights of new animal protection laws fought for, co-sponsored, developed by and supported by you and…
Israel has joined the list of over 20 countries to ban cat declawing. Unless performed within the narrow medical necessity exemptions, the procedure has been declared, by Israel’s legislature, to be a crime, punishable by…
Military dogs, like their human soldiers, can return home with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). And why are we surprised? The dogs are asked to locate mines, improvised explosives, search structures and even to assist…
Horse slaughter plants are legal again in the United States. Restrictions on horse meat processing for human consumption have been lifted. courtesy of Google Images
he purpose of the visit was to film an episode of a program about cats. They came to spcaLA (not affiliated with any other spca as there is no national/umbrella spca) to film in our…