A Project of Animal People, Inc., 1992-2013
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:
WASHINGTON D.C.––The National Institutes of Health on June 26, 2013 confirmed that it intends to retire about 310 chimpanzees from research use during the next few years, retaining 50 “if needed for crucial medical studies that could be performed no other way,” reported Associated Press medical writer Lauran Neergaard. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July-August 2013:
FORKED RIVER, New Jersey––Cleopatra, a three-legged Ruppell’s fox who survived a dog attack in the Kuwait desert, arrived on June 3, 2013 at the Popcorn Park Zoo, operated since 1977 by the Associated Humane Societies of New Jersey as a care-for-life sanctuary for wild animals who have become habituated to humans. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July-August 2013:
WASHINGTON D.C.––A version of the 2013 Farm Bill passed on July 11, 2013 by the U.S. House of Representatives eliminated $80 billion in funding for the federal food stamp program, but included an amendment by Representative Steve King (R-Iowa) which would overturn more than 150 state laws governing aspects of food safety, occupational health, and animal welfare. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July-August 2013:
NORFOLK, Virginia––Two Norfolk Virginian-Pilot headlines published a little more than three months apart told almost the whole story to readers aware that coyotes eat rats. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July-August 2013:
ELY, Minnesota––Lynn Rogers, 74, longtime director of the Wildlife Research Institute and the affiliated North American Bear Center in Ely, Minnesota, was on June 28, 2013 told by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources that the permit he has held since 1999 to radio-collar wild bears will not be renewed. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July-August 2013:
WASHINGTON D.C.––Are U.S. federal horse policies pivoting toward an end to horse slaughter and greater tolerance for wild horses on the western range, or toward a revived horse slaughter industry as “final solution” for perceived wild horse overpopulation?
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, May/June 2013:
DENVER––Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper on May 13, 2013 signed into law bills designating shelter animals the official state pet and requiring Colorado police and sheriff’s departments to provide personnel with three hours of online training on dog behavior recognition and the use of nonlethal dog control methods. The training must be made available by September 1, 2014. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, May/June 2013:
WASHINGTON D.C.––The Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2013, written to implement a 2011 agreement between the Humane Society of the U.S. and United Egg Producers about laying hen cage sizes, was not included in either the U.S. Senate or U.S. House of Representatives version of the 2013 Farm Bill. Read more