December 12, 2012
We are disappointed to report the recent conviction of a 78-year-old Biloxi woman apparently based on the mistaken belief by Judge Pro Tem Dean Wilson that her longtime participation in a sanctioned Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) program for feral cats was a “hoarding” situation. Despite testimony noting that Biloxi resident Dawn Summers had participated in a TNR […]
November 21, 2012
We’re happy to announce that yesterday afternoon the Prince George’s County Council adopted a bill introduced by Council Member Mary Lehman to protect eartipped cats. The bill passed overwhelmingly by a vote of 7 to 1. Under this new lifesaving law, if eartipped cats in Trap-Neuter-Return programs are trapped by animal control, most will be […]
November 19, 2012
This Tuesday, the Prince George’s County Council will hold a final vote on Council Member Mary Lehman’s bill to protect cats in Trap-Neuter-Return programs from being impounded and possibly killed in the county shelter. Tuesday’s hearing is the final step on this bill’s path to becoming a lifesaving law. If you can, attend the meeting […]
November 8, 2012
On Monday, November 12, the Fort Worth City Council will again consider a Trap-Neuter-Return ordinance that will affect the right to care for feral cats. Over and over, code enforcement officials have proposed an ordinance that discourages people from doing TNR by imposing fines and penalties and interferes with caregivers’ privacy by requiring them to […]
October 17, 2012
This just in: The lifesaving bill introduced by Prince George’s County Council Member Mary Lehman to protect cats in Trap-Neuter-Return programs just unanimously passed the Transportation, Health and Environment Committee! Under Council Member Lehman’s proposed law, most eartipped cats trapped by animal control will be immediately returned to their home outdoorsnot impounded in shelters where […]
October 15, 2012
A change in Cecil County’s Animal Care and Control ordinance has mistakenly put cats’ lives at risk. We need you to speak up to correct this error at tomorrow’s public hearing of the Cecil County Board of Commissioners. Until now, animal control left outdoor cats alone to live out their lives. But a new lawa […]
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