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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 2013:
MELBOURNE, DELHI––The Supreme Courts of Australia and India on January 26 and February 6, 2013, respectively, struck down enforcement of recent appellate court rulings upholding dangerous dog laws. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 2013:
CHICAGO––Feral cat neuter/return advocates are apprehensive of an ongoing study of the ecological effects of feral cats, funded by the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation, after foundation president and WGN radio hunting program host Charlie Potter blamed feral cats for a continent-wide decline of bobwhite quail. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, January/February 2013:
MEXICO CITY––Mexico City in mid-January 2013 initiated a mobile dog sterilization drive after dogs killed five people between December 15, 2012 and January 5, 2013 at Star Hill Park in Iztapalapa borough. The last of the victims, Alejandra Ruiz, 15, made a cell phone call for help to her sister Diana as a pack of dogs mauled her and her boyfriend Samuel Martinez, 16. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, January/February 2013:
BANGALORE––The Karnataka High Court on December 7, 2012 ruled that dogs who “are a menace or cause nuisance, irrespective of whether there is evidence of them having mauled or bitten children or adults, could be exterminated.”
Problem dogs may be killed “even if they are vaccinated, sterilized and free from diseases,” summarized The Hindu. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, January/February 2013:
AUSTIN, Texas––DogsBite.org recorded 38 fatal dog attacks within the U.S. in 2012, 23 of them by pit bulls, founder Colleen Lynn announced on January 11, 2013. Nineteen victims were eight years old or younger, Lynn said; 15 were under two years old. Read more
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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, January/February 2013:
Getting to Zero: A Roadmap to Ending Animal Shelter Overpopulation in the United States 2012. 90 pages, paperback: $28.95.
Replacing Myth With Math: Using Evidence-Based Programs to Eradicate Shelter Overpopulation 2010. 138 pages, paperback. $19.95 Both by Peter Marsh Town & Country Reprographics: 230 N. Main St., Concord, NH 03301. Free downloads from: www.shelteroverpopulation.org
Getting to Zero: A Roadmap to Ending Animal Shelter Overpopulation in the United States could be described as Animal Sheltering Statistics & Economics 1-A, and should be required reading for everyone aspiring to direct a humane society, animal control agency, or dog and cat population control program of any sort––or to make informed judgments about animal shelter management and funding. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November/December 2012:
NAKHON PHANOM, Thailand— Police Colonel Sakchai Sadmarerng, chief of Ban Phaeng station in Nakhon Phanom province, Thailand, on November 7, 2012 described to media the seizure of yet another truckload of dogs from smugglers hauling them to Laos across the Mekong River. From Laos, most would have been trafficked on to markets in Vietnam and southern China. Read more
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 2012: (Actually published on November 1, 2012.)
MONTGOMERY--The Alabama Veterinary Medical Examiners Board on October 10, 2012 unanimously rejected a rule proposed by the Alabama Veterinary Practice Owners Association which could have closed all four nonprofit dog and cat sterilization clinics in the state.
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 2012: (Actually published on November 1, 2012.)
Thank you for your September 2012 article “Trial of calcium chloride to fix dogs succeeds in Nepal,” bringing attention to calcium chloride dihydrate nonsurgical sterilization, which I believe has the potential to help dog welfare organizations make their funding go further, and to spare dogs the trauma of transport and surgery.