http://thoughtsfurpaws.com All Pets Go to Heaven Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:21:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/dogs/ban-ohio-dog-auctions-update/ http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/dogs/ban-ohio-dog-auctions-update/#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:31:07 +0000 JL Smith http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/?p=2624
Ohio’s Attorney General and the Ballot Board have certified the Ohio Dog Auctions Act, a proposal to ban all dog auctions and dog raffles in the state. Dog auctions are a little-known piece of the puppy mill puzzle: they are where commercial breeders go to squeeze the last few dollars out of sickly or unwanted [...]]]> http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/dogs/ban-ohio-dog-auctions-update/feed/ 0 http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/dogs/ohio-legislature-hsus-et-al-finally-agree/ http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/dogs/ohio-legislature-hsus-et-al-finally-agree/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:04:31 +0000 JL Smith http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/?p=2590
In light of yesterday’s Ohio Governor’s Press Conference, below are two articles which provide an interesting analysis of the agreement reached between Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation (OFBF) and Governor Ted Strickland: 1. Animal Law Coalition, “HSUS and Ohio Gov Reach Deal on Wide Range of Animal Welfare [...]]]> http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/dogs/ohio-legislature-hsus-et-al-finally-agree/feed/ 7 http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/dogs/ohio-puppy-mill-legislation/ http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/dogs/ohio-puppy-mill-legislation/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:59:46 +0000 JL Smith http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/?p=2574
Got this in an email over the weekend and thought it was worth posting…especially since we in Ohio are working SO HARD lately towards eradicating these damn puppy mills and their ruthless owners… I promise that in the next couple weeks I’ll do another nationwide  update on AW legislation instead of always talking about Ohio!! [...]]]> http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/dogs/ohio-puppy-mill-legislation/feed/ 1 http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/dogs/ohio-puppy-mill-bill-targets-high-volume-breeders-and-rescues/ http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/dogs/ohio-puppy-mill-bill-targets-high-volume-breeders-and-rescues/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:41:38 +0000 JL Smith http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/?p=2566
This is a very insightful and thorough article concerning  Ohio’s infamous puppyh mill bill;  I encourage those interested in animal welfare to cross-post or Tweet. An Ohio bill dubbed the “puppy mill bill”, S.B. 95, has passed a Senate Committee by a vote of 7-1 and may be taken up by the full Senate before [...]]]> http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/dogs/ohio-puppy-mill-bill-targets-high-volume-breeders-and-rescues/feed/ 18 http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/dogs/crocodile-basset-hound-video-and-picture/ http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/dogs/crocodile-basset-hound-video-and-picture/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:45:46 +0000 JL Smith http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/?p=2462
This is my sister’s Basset Hound Franklin. Remember him? He’s the former puppy mill stud dog she rescued months ago. He now rules the roost and is as funny as ever. He has a quirky little personality and loves to hear himself talk and mumble. We call this move the Crocodile Bean: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoWG3nqU03U You gotta’ [...]]]> http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/dogs/crocodile-basset-hound-video-and-picture/feed/ 1 http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/dogs/investigation-into-multi-million-dog-auctions-and-puppy-mills/ http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/dogs/investigation-into-multi-million-dog-auctions-and-puppy-mills/#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:46:18 +0000 JL Smith http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/?p=2432
WHAS11 in Louisville, KY has finally caught on to the spreading problem of dog auctions and puppy mills in the midwest (mostly, OH, KY, PA, MO, etc.) Check this out — it’s Part I of the two-part investigative report by WHAS11 News (ABC affiliate from Louisville, KY): http://www.whas11.com/news/I-Team-Investigation-Inside-the-multi-million-dollar-business-of-dog-auctions-94864294.html We encourage everyone to crosspost to family, [...]]]> http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/dogs/investigation-into-multi-million-dog-auctions-and-puppy-mills/feed/ 0 http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/dogs/usda-puppy-mill-inspections-weak-and-lax/ http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/dogs/usda-puppy-mill-inspections-weak-and-lax/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 15:00:29 +0000 JL Smith http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/?p=2406
From the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals press release and some info from the group’s site: The ASPCA® was horrified and saddened to read the Office of the Inspector General’s audit detailing the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s lax and ineffective enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) against licensed large-scale dog [...]]]> http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/dogs/usda-puppy-mill-inspections-weak-and-lax/feed/ 2 http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/dogs/ohio-animal-welfare-legislationi-house-bill-55-update/ http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/dogs/ohio-animal-welfare-legislationi-house-bill-55-update/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 16:31:13 +0000 JL Smith http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/?p=2391
House Bill 55: - HB 55, known as the “Animal Cruelty and Pet Protection Bill” encourages judges to include pets in domestic-abuse protective orders. A protective order is a legal order issued by a court that requires one person to stop harming, stay away from and/or cease contact with another person or, in the case [...]]]> http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/dogs/ohio-animal-welfare-legislationi-house-bill-55-update/feed/ 8 http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/dogs/ban-ohio-dog-auctions-act-update/ http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/dogs/ban-ohio-dog-auctions-act-update/#comments Sat, 08 May 2010 19:34:45 +0000 JL Smith http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/?p=2372
Thanks to Mary O’Conner Shaver (Columbus Top Dogs) for this info. She is a vital part of this campaign and a HUGE arm of the animal welfare legislative movement in Ohio. Thanks Mary:) ————————————————————————– The next Ohio Dog Auction is scheduled to take place on May 22 (“Back to the Kennel”) and over 300 dogs [...]]]> http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/dogs/ban-ohio-dog-auctions-act-update/feed/ 0 http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/dogs/petland-reader-backlash/ http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/dogs/petland-reader-backlash/#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:05:04 +0000 JL Smith http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/?p=2356
So as you all know I have posted multiple stories on the comings and goings of Petland, the lawsuits pending, the protests, the information and findings of the HSUS and other undercover operators in the stores, not to mention Petland employees themselves who have written me on their own. Regardless, I want to share with [...]]]> http://thoughtsfurpaws.com/dogs/petland-reader-backlash/feed/ 29