Lessons to Learn – Still – About Pets...
Thousands of animals have died, been displaced or are missing in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, and Florida animals will see similar fates as Irma leaves their state.
Pet Evacuation Requirements in Texas ...
One of the painful lessons of Hurricane Katrina was that there were no plans in place for the rescue of service animals or pets in the event of a disaster. As a result, in 2006 the United States Congress amended the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to require the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FE...
Chained Dogs affected by Hurricane Ha...
Hurricane Harvey is heavy on our minds, with thoughts and prayers going out to everyone caught in its path. But a group often overlooked during these storms is animals—specifically, dogs that are chained, and then left to suffer and drown in the floods. Heartbreakingly, the most prevalent use of chains and tethers on dogs in our sta...
URGENT UPDATE: Texas Horses Need Your...
UPDATE! We expect the vote as early as TOMORROW, September 6, 2017! If we lose this vote, horse slaughter houses will re-open in our country. We have to dig-in, now. Please join us in this fight to protect these innocent creatures!
Please make a Phone Call to Your Representative: Place a quick, polite phone c...
Soon, Texas sentences will look like ...
A Chicago area man was sentenced to five years in prison last month for felony aggravated animal cruelty. The man threw two small dogs off the top of a parking garage. He allegedly acquired the dogs by responding to a “found ...
Wilson County Should Build Its Animal...
In 2013, the residents of Wilson County passed certificates of obligation for $8.5 million to renovate their county courthouse and build a no-kill animal shelter, among other projects.
The animal shelter has not yet been built, but there is a growing number of animals in the small south Texas county that are neglected, aban...
Round Rock’s BARK Program Protects Pe...
Police officer-dog encounters sometimes go awry, especially when officers have too little training on ways to handle situations that keep both officers and pets safe.
Developing: Advocates Plead for Justi...
In late October of 2016, San Antonio police were called to the home of a foster who was supposed to be taking care of a young lab mix named Trooper. Although THLN is still learning about this case, we know that Trooper was found deceased in the foster’s bathtub. We also know that the San Antonio Police Department stayed in the foste...
Taking Tethering Laws Local - Breakin...
Apart from a few Texas lawmakers most people agree tethering animals outdoors without basic protections from weather, and without adequate care and exercise, is inhumane.
And while states around the country work to pass their own versions of inhuma...
A Parked Car Can Become An Oven in Mi...
LA’s City Attorney told reporters recently that charges, fines, and jail time were a possibility for people leaving their animals in a parked car in the heat.
"The facts are so clear: It takes just 15 minutes for an animal to suffer brain damage when temperatures soar on a hot summer day in a parked vehicle," he said. "Cracki...
