Four fictional ninja turtles and one real disease. I love the ninja turtle movies but I also love turtles. Real turtles are not ninjas, not appropriate pets for youngsters, and not legal to sell if…

involving 501(c)(3) not for profit corporations who characterize themselves as “rescues” or “no kill” shelters,  but are in fact the perpetrators of animal cruelty. It is critical that animal shelters, both public and private,

Last week a bear was hit by a car and killed on the 101 Freeway. This is one of many incidents of wildlife encountering traffic while looking for food, water and the company of friends.…

Many of you have been sending me this story and asking about it. Many of you also think that aspca and hsus are national/umbrella organizations. They are not. They are not connected in any way…

Many veterans can benefit from a bona fide service dog to assist with head injury issues, and all can be helped by the therapeutic healing powers of a family pet. Unfortunately, the difficulties encountered by…

Every year children and pets are left in hot cars – often left to die. Just last week a dog was found dead in a car in Riverside California. The owner was charged with felony…

In my capacity as both your spcaLA President and as chair of the State Humane Association of California legislative committee, it has been my responsibility to draft, study, support, oppose, testify, and ponder new or…

I have been inside more “hoarding houses” than anyone should ever have to. They are scary, dark, smelly and exude

It doesn’t matter if you think an animal is a nuisance or a pet, gratuitously injuring or killing her is a crime in California.

Assembly Bill 2140 entitled the “Orca Welfare and Safety Act”,  introduced by Assemblymember Richard Bloom, would ban holding whales captive in California for entertainment purposes, would create an orca retirement program and ban captive breeding…

A golden hair Tibetan Mastiff puppy, allegedly with some lion’s blood is reported to have sold for 2 million dollars in China. According to NBC News – this is the most expensive dog in the…

Deep within the new farm bill is an amendment to the federal animal fighting prohibition law (7 United States Code 2156) which is effective immediately. 

Copenhagen Zoo killed, dissected and fed a giraffe, Marius, to their big cats while children watched. The zoo asserted that this giraffe, though healthy, possessed genes too common with the other giraffes in the zoo…

With almost 200 million dollars in the bank the aspca has terminated their animal cruelty law enforcement department lamenting that it is too small to handle the demand. Now it will be up to the…