Publication/Event date: 2013-12-16Publication name: U-T San DiegoURL for more info: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/dec/16/sd-puppy-mill-ban-wins-first-round/Summary: The legal battle over whether retail stores in San Diego can sell dogs and cats is underway and the city won the first round.A federal judge has denied a request by pet shop owners…Read more

Publication/Event date: 2013-12-15Publication name: Camarillo AcornURL for more info: http://www.thecamarilloacorn.com/news/2013-11-15/Community/Spay_neuter_law_will_affect_breeders_owners.htmlSummary: Filing out of a Ventura County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday, proponents of a county ordinance that mandates dog and cat owners in unincorporated areas have their pets sterilized appeared rather subdued for a group…Read more

Publication/Event date: 2013-12-10Publication name: Lisle PatchURL for more info: http://lisle.patch.com/groups/opinion/p/puppy-parlor-lies-to-a-judgeSummary: Tammy Coglianese, owner of Puppy Mill Parlor recently had a protester served with a restraining order.  She lied to a judge to get it.  While Coglianese, her employees, and friends lie - to the Lisle…Read more

Publication/Event date: 2013-11-27Publication name: Opposing ViewsURL for more info: http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/animal-rights/san-diego-pet-shop-sues-city-and-animal-activists-over-ban-puppy-salesSummary: A formal complaint has been filed in federal court on Nov. 25 by the owners of San Diego Puppy, Inc., a retail pet shop located in the city of San Diego. The suit attacks the…Read more

Publication/Event date: 2013-11-07Publication name: Chicago TribuneURL for more info: http://my.chicagotribune.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-78090393/Summary: After months of deliberation and fact finding, Highland Park City Council has approved a text amendment to the city’s zoning code. The omnibus vote came on October 28th with the Adoption of an Ordinance Amending…Read more

Publication/Event date: 2013-10-30Publication name: Lisle PatchURL for more info: http://lisle.patch.com/groups/opinion/p/real-horror-here-folksSummary: Little Shop Of Horrors,  Puppy Mill Parlor in Lisle.  The back room is filled with dogs in cages that never go outside.  Ever.  The screaming alone in this place would make any person’s skin crawl. …Read more

The Companion Animal Protection Society is eagerly awaiting for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign A.740-A/S.3753-A. Local governments in New York State will finally be allowed to regulate pet dealers and fight the puppy mill cycle in their neighborhoods. The bill will close a gap in…Read more

Publication/Event date: 2013-10-30Publication name: Anna Galore Le blogURL for more info: http://annagaloreleblog.blogs-de-voyage.fr/2013/10/30/le-cri-dindignation-de-carole-raphaelle-davis/Summary: I feel like we have been through a war together.I have to say, I do not recognize France. Rodilhan looked like a town under siege during a war. I remember women, my mother’s…Read more

[caption id="attachment_2124" align="alignleft" width="383"] Picture by CRAC Europe[/caption] Yesterday, on October 27, over 800 activists from all over Europe and the US came to Rodilhan, a small town in the south of France, to demonstrate against the torture and stabbing to death of bulls. (more…)Read more

Publication/Event date: 2013-10-27Publication name: French News OnlineURL for more info: http://www.french-news-online.com/wordpress/?p=31388#axzz2icKmF4Z7Summary: Efforts by joint American and European animal rights groups to disrupt the traditional annual bullfight in the village of Rodilhan (pop: 2 528) near Nimes in southern France were thwarted Sunday by a heavy…Read more