Companion Animal Legislation:

 

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            North Carolina Voters for Animal Welfare is a statewide organization dedicated to the protection of animals through legislation and public policy.  We are a political lobbying organization and hope to become a lobbying presence at the General Assembly and at the county level in several counties throughout North Carolina. 

         The main issue NCVAW is currently working on is the promotion of the North Carolina Companion Animal Act of 2004, which is based on the recommendations of the NC House Interim Committee on the Prevention and Disposition of Unwanted and Abandoned Companion Animals and the Intervention of Animal Cruelty.   We will be actively lobbying for the passage of this vital legislation to control companion animal overpopulation and reduce the associated taxpayer expense. More information. 

         Read NCVAW's Open Letter to members of the Interim Committee.

         To get involved in the initial stages of creating our group and promoting the Committee's proposed legislation, please email us.

         This website is still under construction, so check back with us in the next couple of months.

         Check out the voting records of current and former state and federal legislators on animal protection issues. (Information and research provided by Justice for Animals.)

         View current North Carolina state statutes concerning animals. Lists of searchable city and county codes of ordinances for selected cities and counties in North Carolina are provided by three companies, Municipal Code Corporation, American Legal Publishing, and General Code, Inc. Also, search all laws and bills pertaining to animals in all 50 states and at the federal level at AnimalLaw.com.

         Check out the website of a group that helped get NCVAW going, The National Institute for Animal Advocacy.

 

Our Pa Humane Officers are facing a Serious and Critical Problem!!

There was a bill that languished in committee in Harrisburg for a long time, but just came out and passed in the Senate unanimously.  It is called Senate Bill 871.

"This bill, if enacted into law, will bring animal cruelty investigations to a grinding halt. "

Your Help is needed to  STOP PA Senate Bill 871 from passing in the House!!

HOW?
The Women's Humane Society of Bucks County in Bensalem, PA and Elizabeth Anderson, Humane Officer of the Mountain Region Humane Society in Hawley, Wayne Co, PA and also a member  of the Association of Lawyers and chairperson of the Animal Cruelty Subcommittee of the Animal Law Committee in Harrisburg  are trying to spearhead a movement to keep this bill from passing in the House.