Those of us who have been working for years to pass anti-cruelty legislation remember the frustrating years when legislators avoided issues relating to cruelty to animals and viewed folks who cared about these issues as a fringe group, outside of mainstream thinking and priorities. Well, those days are gone – thanks to all of you who […]
Here’s some great news: many anti-cruelty bills are pending in the Pennsylvania legislature right now, and many more are being circulated with co-sponsorship memos. There is a real potential to positively impact on the lives of animals through public policy – just one anti-cruelty bill can spare scores of animals from suffering. But in order […]
Humane PA is publishing its top 5 New Year’s Resolutions in the hopes that you will incorporate them with your own resolutions. Together, we hope to make a meaningful difference for animals in Pennsylvania by passing a record number of laws IN 2017 to protect animals from cruel acts. Let’s all pledge that in 2017, […]
But Don’t Beat It Down… By: Senator Roy Afflerbach, Ret. The new 23-month legislative session begins in Harrisburg on January 3rd. The new members take their oath of office on that date and then return to their districts to continue setting up their local offices. Now is the time to contact these new members. We […]
