Online Pet Legislation Resources for Dog Owners

Find and contact your local officials Look Up Bills and Laws (State and Federal) Current proposed legislation Find legislators Read Model Animal Laws and Help Write Better Laws Oppose guardianship Limit Laws Information Oppose Mandatory Spay/Neuter Resources on Exposing Animal Rights Extremists Find and contact your local officials Find your State and Federal Elected Officials (Using your 9-digit Zip Code), including contact links: http://www.vote-smart.org/index.htm AKC – "Make Your Contact Count! How to Write, Meet, and Call Government Officials with Maximum Effect" http://www.akc.org/canine_legislation/gileg197.cfm AKC – "9 Tips for expressing differences of opinion in the public policy arena" http://www.akc.org/canine_legislation/gileg2.cfm AKC – "Preparing for Action - Tips for Successful Involvement in Canine Legislation" http://www.akc.org/canine_legislation/gileg3.cfm Look Up Bills and Laws (State and Federal) http://thomas.loc.gov/ or do a Google or Yahoo type search for your state’s governmental website. Current proposed legislation http://monthlynationallegislationreport.blogspot.com/ AKC legislative alerts: http://www.akc.org/news/sections/legislative_alerts.cfm?SEARCH_BUTTON.X=15\&SEARCH_BUTTON.Y=16 Cat Fanciers’ Association Inc. (CFA) Legislative Alerts – This organization is not just involved with legislation involving cats, but also dogs. The CFA has become perhaps the most politically active of any purebred animal registry. In addition to legislative updates, resources for information topics such as guardianship, "pet overpopulation", and mandatory spay/neuter laws are provided. http://www.cfa.org/exhibitors/alerts.html Find legislators http://www.congress.org/congressorg/directory/congdir.tt?command=congdir See how your US Congressman or Senator has voted! Check progress of pending bills in the US House and US Senate. GovTrack.us – (quote from their website) "GovTrack.us is a nexus of information about the United States Congress. Bringing together information on the status of federal legislation, voting records, and other congressional data from official sources, and turning it into an understandable and trackable free information resource for everyday citizens, GovTrack aims to narrow the divide between the public and our government." ("GovTrack is not affiliated with the U.S. government or any other group.") http://www.govtrack.us/congress/legislation.xpd Read Model Animal Laws and Help Write Better Laws National Animal Interest Alliance (NAIA) – "A Guide to Constructing Successful Pet Friendly Ordinances" http://www.naiaonline.org/pdfs/PetFriendlyGuide.pdf National Animal Interest Alliance (NAIA) – "Model Animal Control Law " http://www.naiaonline.org/pdfs/NAIA%20Model%20Animal%20Control%20Law%20Final.pdf AKC Taking Command (monthly newsletter) http://www.akc.org/canine_legislation/taking_command.cfm Pet-Law (a Yahoo group) – (quote from their webpage) "Animal rights legislation is spreading. Defend your right to own pets! Pet Law is a high-traffic list, moderated for flames, trolls, off-topic posts. We discuss how to fight bills or laws negatively affecting pet ownership: dogs, cats, birds, small mammals, reptiles, others. " http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/pet-law/ Join a state Pet-Law Group: http://www.pet-law.com/statelists.html Oppose guardianship AKC position statement http://www.akc.org/pdfs/canine_legislation/PBLEG2.pdf The Animal Council – "Property Status of Animals" http://www.theanimalcouncil.com/Property.html North Carolina Responsible Animal Owners Alliance (NCRAOA) – "Guardianship, Property, and Legal Status" – a collection of articles on guardianship and related issues http://www.ncraoa.com/Guardians.html Limit Laws Information The Animal Council – "Limit Laws" http://www.theanimalcouncil.com/LimitLaws.html No-Kill Advocacy Center – "Pet Limit Laws" http://nokilladvocacycenter.org/pdf/PetLimitLaws.pdf Oppose Mandatory Spay/Neuter AKC position statement: http://www.akc.org/pdfs/canine_legislation/PBLEG2.pdf NAIA – "Long-Term Health Risks and Benefits Associated with Spay / Neuter in Dogs" by Laura J. Sanborn, M.S. http://www.naiaonline.org/pdfs/LongTermHealthEffectsOfSpayNeuterInDogs.pdf Chris Zink DVM, PhD, DACVP – "Early Spay-Neuter Considerations for the Canine Athlete: One Veterinarian's Opinion" http://www.caninesports.com/SpayNeuter.html Resources on Exposing Animal Rights Extremists Internal Revenue Service – "Request for Public Inspection or Copy of Exempt or Political Organization IRS Form (Rev. August 2003)" – All 501-C organizations are required to file a 990 (Annual Income Tax) form yearly with the IRS, and make this information readily available to anyone who would like to view it. If you cannot get copies from the organization you are investigating (this may or may not be the same as financial information they publicly disclose in their literature!), you can get them directly from the IRS for free (if you are a non-commercial end user). You can request multiple tax years, if desired. Directions are on the downloadable IRS form. http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506a.pdf Pet-law.com – "The Future of Dogs". Chapters pertaining to the AR movement in this free online book include "What is Animal Rights", "Introducing HSUS", and "How Animal Rights Laws Work" http://www.pet-law.com/future/foreword.html SaveOurDogs.net – "Animal Rights Organizations" http://saveourdogs.net/category/animal_rights/ AnimalScam.com – "The truth about PETA and other Animal Rights extremists" http://www.animalscam.com/ NAIA – "Quotes from the Leaders of the Animal Rights Movement" http://www.naiaonline.org/articles/archives/animalrightsquote.htm The Center for Consumer Freedom Animal Rights page http://www.consumerfreedom.com/issuepage.cfm/topic/8 ActivistCash.com http://www.activistcash.com/ PETAKillsAnimals.com http://www.petakillsanimals.com/ North Carolina Responsible Animal Owners Alliance (NCRAOA) – "Animal Rights vs. Animal Welfare: What You Should Know" http://www.ncraoa.com/AR_AW_WhatYouShouldKnow.html This resource is modeled after the Rand Park Training Club Inc.'s webpage: http://www.randparkdtc.org/legislation.htm