Tag: Animal Welfare
Maine’s animals need your help, act now to oppose anti-animal welfare legislation now
Maine’s animals need your help by opposing a proposed law, LD 1239, that could decimated Maine’s protective animal welfare laws. Some very serious anti-animal welfare legislation being aired at a public hearing tomorrow (Tuesday, April 16) at 10 am in Room 214 of the Cross Building at the State House. It’s important you take share…
Maine shelters deal with tens of thousands of cats each year; 27 percent euthanized
There’s no doubt Maine has a cat problem. A recent survey conducted by Maine’s Animal Welfare Program, there were thousands of dogs in Maine shelters last year. That compares to tens of thousands of cats. Twenty seven percent of animals that end up in shelters are euthanized, 59 percent adopted, and ten percent (mostly dogs)…
