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Animal Protection Caucus

Celebrating our animals and working together to give them a legislative voice. The Animal Protection Caucus is a bipartisan collaboration of House and Senatemembers determined to increase the amount and intensity of animal welfare legislation inPennsylvania. From adoption laws to animal cruelty, the caucus reviews and supports lawsthat protect all animals. Currently, several pieces of […]

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Triumphs, Tribulations and Tethering

With the onset of The Polar Vortex and plummeting temperatures, social media blew up with stories of pets left outdoors. It was heartbreaking. Here in Pennsylvania – many discussions of the applicability of Libre’s Law broke out. Three posts specifically caught our eye as particularly compelling and thoughtful and we want to share them with […]

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Youth and Animals Have a Political Voice in PA

Guest Blog by Kira Golub I am seventeen years old and have been politically active for roughly two years. No, I did not mistype my age, I really am seventeen. I still remember the first day I walked into my state representative Todd Stephen’s office, at only fifteen, with my mother by my side. My […]

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The Battle to end PA Puppy Mills – Marking the 10 Year Anniversary of Act 119.

Guest Blog by Amy Worden In July 2008, two Berks County kennel owners were ordered by state dog wardens to treat their infested dogs for fleas. Instead the breeders took their shotguns and opened fire on their dogs as they cowered in their rabbit hutches. In the end, the bodies of more than 80 small […]

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