Publication/Event date: 2012-06-04 Publication name: Herald Tribune URL for more info: http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20120604/ARTICLE/120609839/2416?p=2&t Summary: If county and regional officials get their way, a group of 30 hunters with dogs and knives will head out to a Sarasota County wilderness preserve for nighttime hog hunts in December and…Read more

All of the following Ag Gag bills and laws apply to puppy mill investigations. Had there been an Ag Gag law in MN, CAPS would not have been able to gather the evidence necessary to convict Kathy Bauck, one of the largest and most notorious…Read more

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 2, 2012 SUBJECT: 3-Day Hog Hunt on Sarasota County Public LandsCONTACT: Elise Matthes, President, Sarasota in Defense of Animals (SDA), telephone: 941-924-2505, e-mail: smatthes@aol.com;website: www.sdasarasota.comOn Tuesday, June 5th, the Sarasota County Commissioners will vote on a plan whether to…Read more

Publication/Event date: 2012-05-26 Publication name: The David Feldman Show URL for more info: http://davidfeldmanshow.com/carol-davis-goes-bat-sh-at-cat-show/# Summary: As California’s economic crisis deepens, our local shelter system faces budget cuts that will drastically increase the number of animals killed. More than 80% of stray and abandoned cats who…Read more

Publication/Event date: 2012-05-10Publication name: Minnesota Voters for Animal ProtectionURL for more info: http://votersforanimals.org/2012/05/mn-ag-gag-bill-has-died/Summary: May 10, 2012- The bills that would make it a crime to videotape and to show footage shot inside puppy and kitten mills and factory farms (SF 1118/HF 1369) were introduced in…Read more

Forwarded message:Dear Animal Advocates,As all of you may recall, the Gorham, NY Town Board voted unanimously on March 21 to adopt a one year moratorium on new puppy mills in that community. The adopted resolution, that is listed on the town's website, gave this heroic…Read more

A Kathleen Lowson Film ‪http://www.cryoftheinnocent.com/‬ A spiritual and psychological study of the human condition, this precedent-setting documentary film will awaken consciousness, with its center on the fur trade as a paradigm of a more expansive nemesis permeating our world. (more…)Read more

Update: Laguna Beach Passes Ordinance Publication/Event date: 2012-05-01 Publication name: Puppy Mill Mom URL for more info: http://puppymillmom.blogspot.com/2012/05/companion-animal-protection-society.html Summary: Laguna Beach City Council Members, The Companion Animal Protection Society (www.caps-web.org) is a national, non-profit organization that exclusively investigates pet factories, puppy mills and pet stores.…Read more

Publication/Event date: 2012-04-30Publication name: Seattle Dog SpotURL for more info: http://www.seattledogspot.com/blog/2012/04/30/puppy-mills-ad#comment-7696Summary: I like this video from the Companion Animal Protection Society, not because it's using a model as a spokesperson, but because it offers a straightforward, easy to understand explanation of why people shouldn't buy…Read more

Publication/Event date: 2012-04-26 Publication name: Puppy Mill Mom URL for more info: http://puppymillmom.blogspot.com/2012/04/chris-brown-selling-pit-bulls.html Summary: Watch Carole Raphaelle Davis, West Coast Director of The Companion Animal Protection Society on CNN with Jane Velez-Mitchell talking about Chris Brown and his selling of pit bulls on-line. Continue reading……Read more