APHIS Proposed Rule Makes Regulations Consistent with Animal Welfare Act
Today, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) published proposed updates to its regulations to make them consistent with existing requirements under the federal Animal Welfare Act AWA). These rules do not represent a change in current USDA policy regarding licensing. The proposed updates (known as a “proposed rule”) reflect changes to the […]
https://www.akc.org/legislative-alerts/aphis-proposed-regulations-animal-welfare-act-aug4/
| August 4, 2016
California: Bill Allowing Strangers to Remove Dogs from Vehicles Moving in Senate
Assembly Bill 797, which seeks to allow private citizens to remove a companion animal from a vehicle if they believe that the animal is in imminent danger of suffering harm, is currently being considered by the California State Senate (second reading). Summary: The AKC agrees that no person or animal should ever be left […]
https://www.akc.org/legislative-alerts/ca-allow-strangers-remove-dogs-vehicles/
| August 2, 2016