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Six Things You Need to Know About CBD and Other Hemp-containing Pet Products

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The trend toward state-level legalization of cannabis has led to a surge in cannabis-derived products and a continually evolving market with many types of cannabis products for people as well as their pets. Analysts predict...more

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Pet Store Sourcing Bans Do Nothing To Help Dogs Or People Searching For Life-long Pets

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The plethora of laws banning or limiting sales of dogs from pet stores to families seeking a dog for long term companionship, purportedly passed to shutter puppy mills, have done nothing to improve the lives of dogs bred and...more

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FDA Cracks Down on Pet Products Containing CBD After USDA Clears Path for Hemp Production

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Although more and more pet owners are turning to CBD products to treat their pets, new action by the FDA is a stark reminder that those CBD pet products found on-line and in stores are considered illegal at the federal level....more

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Sleuth Reporter Kim Kavin Uncovers The Truth Behind Dog Rescue

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Kim Kavin, author of “The Dog Merchants” has started to uncover some of the truths in the world of dog rescues. Not that all rescues are bad, of course, but fact that rescues (and to some extent shelters) have largely...more

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The Perils Of Importation Of Dogs From Egypt Acknowledged And Temporarily Ceased By US Government.

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Rabies is a nearly 100% fatal disease when unvaccinated animals and humans are exposed. As previously discussed the risk of exposure to rabies from dogs imported from other countries, especially from Egypt, has increased...more

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New Jersey Bill Proposing Regulation Of Dog Breeding Is Superfluous, Unnecessary And Redundant

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On July 1, 2018, bill S2820 was introduced in the New Jersey Senate that would direct the NJ Department of Health to “adopt dog breeding standards; prohibit . . . dog breeding without {a] USDA license; and [require]...more

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Impact Of The USDA-APHIS Final Rule, “Thresholds For De Minimis Activity And Exemptions From Licensing Under The Animal Welfare...

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The impact of USDA’s newly adopted final rule to certain exhibitors of farm animals remains unclear. A positive result of the rule is the definition of “domesticated farm-type animals.” Farm-type animals are defined as...more

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Impact Of The USDA-APHIS Final Rule, “Thresholds For De Minimis Activity And Exemptions From Licensing Under The Animal Welfare...

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On June 4, the regulation titled “Thresholds for De Minimis Activity and Exemptions From Licensing Under the Animal Welfare Act” which purportedly implement[s] amendments to the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), was published by...more

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The Wrath Of Irma

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As those of us fortunate enough to be outside of the reach of Irma watch with concern about the impact this storm is wreaking on Florida and its human and animal residents, it is important to keep in mind how we can all help...more

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New York State Animal Rescue Law-A Start

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New York recently amended laws governing pet dealers by: (1) exempting incorporated animal shelters, rescue organizations or other non-profit entities that transport or offer animals for adoption (a/k/a “sale”) from the...more

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USDA Re-Posts A New Version Of Its Searchable Database Of Animal Welfare Act Licensees

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As USDA had previously suggested, it just posted a new version of the searchable database that had been dismantled this past February. Many animal rights organizations and animal-trade organizations had expressed outrage...more

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The Goals Of Animal Rights And Animal Welfare Groups Do Not align.

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Reports from two animal-related trade organizations provide insight into the current status and goals of animal rights organizations intent on eliminating the use of animals by humans, without regard to how humanely those...more

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Governor Christie Right-Sizes Pet Purchase Protection Law (Mostly)

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Governor Christie issued a conditional veto on May 1, 2017, amending S 3041 significantly and correcting some constitutional deficiencies in the existing law (New Jersey’s Pet Purchase Protection Act) as well as glaring...more

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Pet Store Owners Will Be Criminals If California’s AB485 Becomes Law

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California AB485 will criminalize what has been considered lawful interstate commerce since at least 1966, when Congress first passed the Animal Welfare Act, 7. U.S.C. §2131 et seq....more

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