Establishing guidelines about dogs left outdoors enables animal control officers to intervene before a dog shows symptoms of acute distress which could potentially avert some of these life-threatening situations before they occur.
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Author: Maryland Votes for Animals
The mission of Maryland Votes for Animals, Inc. is to create and support humane legislation, to engage animal advocates, and to work with legislators to promote animal welfare in Maryland.
Let’s Stop the Nontherapeutic Declawing of Cats in Maryland!
The most frequent type of declawing is called an onychectomy, which involves using a scalpel or laser to amputate the last bone of a cat’s toes on its paws. Think of surgically amputating all of a person’s fingers or toes at their top joint.
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Protect foxes, coyotes, and small mammals from cruel killing contests!
This bill would prohibit the random killing of mammals as defined in the HB 863 in organized wildlife killing contests, where the sole purpose of the event is to kill the largest number of animals possible, often for cash or guns.
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Protect our wildlife from being poisoned by chlorpyrifos!
Chlorpyrifos is toxic to many species of birds including robins, grackles, pigeons, and Mallard ducklings. In addition to laying fewer eggs, the eggshells of those eggs laid by Mallards are thinner than normal, so fewer ducklings survive.
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Stop Dog Breed Discrimination for Homeowner’s and Renter’s Insurance Policies in Maryland!
This bill prohibits an insurer from discriminating against certain breeds or mixed breeds of dogs in a homeowner’s or renter’s insurance policy. Getting homeowner’s and renter’s insurance can be difficult,
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Protect Unattended Dogs Left Outside in Extreme Weather!
HB 501 would establish minimum, commonsense protections for dogs by ensuring that they are not left outdoors and unattended during temperatures below 32 or above 90 degrees. Animal control officers
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Protect Maryland’s Animals by Strengthening Maryland’s Animal Sexual Abuse Law!
Did you know that it is not currently a crime in Maryland to advertise, traffic, or solicit animals for sex on the Internet? Sexual molestation of animals, like rape, involves
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Protect the Cownose Rays from Barbaric Killing Contests in the Chesapeake Bay!!
In 2017, Maryland passed legislation that prohibited Cownose Rays killing contests and required the Department of Natural Resources to prepare a species management plan. During these brutal contests, often lasting for
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Please Support SB-152/HB-135: Costs of Care: Criminal Law – Cruelty to Animals – Seizure and Removal
Let’s hold animal abusers accountable and save animals from needless suffering! SUPPORT Costs of Care: Criminal Law- Cruelty to Animals- Seizure and Removal SB 152/ HB 135. This bill establishes
Continue readingMaryland General Assembly Legislative Session Begins January 9, 2019
Maryland Votes for Animals welcomes the newest members elected to the 2019 Maryland General Assembly. There are sixty new members in this class: seventeen in the Senate and forty-three in the
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Please Ask Governor Hogan to Sign HB 1662 to End Puppy Mills in Maryland!
HB 1662 – No More Puppy and Kitten Mills Act of 2018 has passed the Maryland General Assembly. Let Governor Hogan know that we want to be the second state
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One More Push to end Puppy Mills in MD – We Need Your Help!
Important and Time Sensitive: The Puppy Mills Bill – HB 1662 got a favorable report in the Senate Finance Committee and is up for a vote in the full Senate
Continue readingNo More Puppy-Mill Pups Act of 2018 – HB 1662
Let’s put an end to the flow of dogs and cats from Puppy Mills into Maryland! Maryland families should not worry that their pets may be physically unhealthy or emotionally
Continue readingTell Your Legislators – Say NO to Statewide Sunday Hunting!
SB 817/HB 1338: This bill would open public parks and lands in all Maryland counties in order to expand hunting on Sundays. This shift in public policy on Sunday Hunting and
Continue readingThe Humane Adoption of Companion Animals in Research Act – SB 675 – HB 732
You can voice your support to your Maryland representatives by filling out the form below. It only takes a minute! Let’s give dogs and cats used in research the opportunity
Continue reading2018 Legislative Session
The 438th session of The General Assembly will convene in Annapolis, Maryland January 10 to April 9, 2018
Continue reading2017 House Voting Record
Y – Yay N- Nay NV- Not Voting — Absent Bill Key: Bill: HB 216– Emergency Veterinary Care – Immunity From Liability Bill: HB 941– Animal Abuse Emergency Compensation Fund
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Y – Yay N- Nay NV- Not Voting — Absent Bill Key: Bill: SB 269–Emergency Veterinary Care – Immunity From Liability Bill: SB 631– Animal Abuse Emergency Compensation Fund Bill: SB
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Successes Bill: HB 216 /SB 269– Pets and First Responders Sponsors: Senator Susan Lee/ Delegate Clarence Lam Summary: Provides civil and criminal immunity for first responders providing aid to an animal
Continue readingGestation Creates
They Have To Go In children’s movies and storybooks, pigs are portrayed in a jovial way as being intelligent and able to interact with humans and other pigs in a
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