A Project of Animal People, Inc., 1992-2013
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July-August 2013:
DEN HAAG––Dutch state secretary of economic affairs Sharon A.M. Dijksma on June 4, 2013 committed The Netherlands to trying to reverse European Union and other international policies which require culling livestock who have been exposed to contagious diseases of concern, even if the animals are apparently healthy and have been vaccinated against the feared diseases. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July-August 2013:
RIVERDALE, California; DANVILLE, Illinois; EUGENE, Oregon; BELAIR, Maryland––Video of a May 5, 2013 “barnyard scramble” at the Riverdale Rodeo in Riverdale, California obtained and posted online by Showing Animals Respect & Kindness brought the end of the event, the Fresno Bee reported on June 23, 2013. “The five-minute video shows rodeo organizers tossing animals out of trailers and containers onto the arena floor before children are turned loose to chase them,” the Fresno Bee described. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July-August 2013:
DEN HAAG––Asked by the Dutch Party for Animals to expedite a ban on trimming the beaks of egg-laying hens, originally to take effect in 2021, Dutch agriculture minister Sharon Dijksma in June 2013 reset the deadline to September 2018. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July-August 2013:
BEIJING––Recent fatal dog attacks have prompted Chinese cities including Beijing, the national capital, to resume enforcing long-ignored laws against keeping pet dogs taller than 35 centimeters and against keeping more than one dog per household. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July-August 2013:
TRENTON––New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) on June 1, 2013 vetoed a bill approved by the state legislature in May 2013 which would have banned the use of gestation stalls to confine pregnant and nursing sows. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July-August 2013:
LIMERICK, Ireland––“Some of you who have been to our show over the last few days may have noticed that we no longer have lions and tigers in the show,” Tom Duffy’s Circus owner David Duffy posted to Facebook on June 21, 2013. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, May/June 2013:
HAIFA, Israel––Allowing a man who allegedly dragged his dog to death to resume commuting to work pending trial, Haifa District Court Judge Daniel Fisch on April 21, 2013 appended to his ruling a written commentary on perceived deficiencies in the applicable Israeli laws. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, May/June 2013:
JACKSON, Miss.––The USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service on May 14, 2003 disclosed the April 26, 2003 decision of a federal administrative law judge to revoke Collins Zoo owners Gus and Betty White’s exhibitors’ permit. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, May/June 2013:
CHANDIGARH––Kennel Club of India general secretary Harinder Singh Aulakh in mid-April 2013 advised dog breeders via the Indian Kennel Gazette that they may resume cropping the ears and docking the tails of dogs, after the Madras High Court ruled that the Animal Welfare Board of India lacked the authority to ban ear-cropping and tail-docking if done by a “qualified veterinarian.” The AWBI had issued an order against ear-cropping and tail-docking in November 2011. Read more