Direct Action Everywhere practices what it calls “Open Rescue” which involves criminal trespass and stealing animals raised by farmers, ranchers and breeders, and believes such conduct should be legal because
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Animal Cruelty
Animal Facilities be Fore-warned: Moose’s Law Scheduled for Hearing on November 18, 2019 in New Jersey
By Nancy E. Halpern, D.V.M. on
As a learned colleague said, no bad bill goes away [forever].
Moose’s Law S861, one of the worst of the worst bills, has resurfaced and will be heard by…
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The Intersection of Religion and Regulation Creates Challenges for Halal and Kosher Meat Production
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People who observe Halal and Kosher religious practices are increasingly faced with a threat to the prohibition of such slaughter practices in certain countries. Many Muslim and Jewish observers follow…
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Oregon case law analyzing and implementing the state’s animal cruelty statute.
By Nancy E. Halpern, D.V.M. on
In a prior blog I discussed proposed amendments to Oregon’s animal cruelty statute that would provide for statutory standing to any plaintiff who files a complaint against any animal owner…
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A proposed amendment to Oregon’s animal cruelty statute may permit anyone to file a civil complaint against the animal’s owner.
By Nancy E. Halpern, D.V.M. on
An untitled proposal to amend Oregon’s Animal Cruelty statute was posted by the Oregon Secretary of State on November 14, 2018 and is available on its website.
The proposed amendment…
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No qui tam action provision in New Jersey’s Animal Cruelty Statute
By Nancy E. Halpern, D.V.M. on
Stuart Goldman, the former chief humane law enforcement officer for the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to animals, filed a qui tam complaint against Critter Control of…
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New Jersey bill would put farmers raising livestock humanely at risk of animal cruelty violations
By Nancy E. Halpern, D.V.M. on
Assemblyman Daniel R. Benson introduced a bill (A4298) that would amend “animal cruelty offenses and penalties concerning animal abandonment and failure to report injuring certain animals with a motor…
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Proposed bills would change effective dates of animal cruelty enforcement provisions in New Jersey
By Nancy E. Halpern, D.V.M. on
Sister bills S2689 and A4225 have been introduced and reported out of the Senate Committee with amendments and the Assembly Committee, respectively. The bills would change the effective dates of…
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The Ninth Circuit’s perplexing Article III statements in Naruto v. Slater and Cetacean Community v. Bush.
By Nancy E. Halpern, D.V.M. on
In Naruto v. Slater, 2018 WL 1902414 (9th Cir. April 23, 2018)-the case in which Naruto, a crested macaque by and through his alleged “next friends,” People for…
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Not a Great Day for Animals in New Jersey
By Nancy E. Halpern, D.V.M. on
On May 17, 2018 a plethora bills were reported out of the New Jersey Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, some with amendments that will benefit animals and their owners…
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