Former president left dogfighting law unsigned SAN JOSE, Costa Rica––New Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solís either failed to sign into law the anti-dogfighting law he helped to push through the legislature or did not announce signing it, but the law took effect anyway on May 29, 2014, when published […]
Louisiana House says “fox pen hunting is part of the folklife heritage of the state, and as such, should be preserved”
Chase pen fox, coyote, and raccoon hunting resemble dogfighting more than hunting BATON ROUGE, Louisiana––The Louisiana House of Representatives on May 12, 2014 voted 68-16 in favor of a bill that declares “fox pen hunting is part of the folklife heritage of the state and, as such, should be preserved in order to help […]
Dog-eating, dogfighting, & corruption feed recurring rabies outbreaks in Bali
Counter-productive policies persist BALI, Indonesia––Dog-eating and dogfighting have reportedly exploded on Bali, corruption involving dog management policies is as flagrant as ever, and rabies––spread in part by the dog meat traffic––has reappeared after several years of suppression. The multi-dimensional Bali dog crisis raised global outrage on April 16, 2014, after personnel at the Bali […]
Indictment recommended in South Korean dog meat case
Could bring precedent-setting prosecution BUSAN, South Korea––A potentially precedent-setting criminal prosecution of a South Korean dog meat vendor may be imminent, Korea Alliance for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals translator April Kim posted to the Asia Animal Protection Network on April 13, 2014. On February 9, 2014, Kim recounted, translating from KAPCA statements originally […]
ASEAN nations move to implement dog meat trafficking ban
Four-nation agreement BANGKOK, Thailand–– Representatives of the Thai Department of Livestock Development, Vietnam Department of Public Health, and parallel agencies in Laos and Cambodia on February 28, 2014 agreed on plans to intercept traffic in dogs for slaughter along the Vietnamese/Laotian border and the Thai/Laotian border. […]
Police respond––slowly––to complaints about dog slaughter in South Korea
Police presence temporarily interrupted business BUSAN, South Korea––Attempting to invoke lightly enforced existing laws to try to close the Gupo and Nopodong live markets in Busan, South Korea, the Korea Alliance for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was on February 9, 2014 disappointed by a purportedly slow […]
Pack hunters struggle to explain how setting dogs on wildlife differs from dogfighting
RICHMOND, MADISON––Since dogfighting is a felony in all 50 U.S. states, why is allowing a dog to kill or injure other animals outside of a fighting pit not subject to criminal penalties in any state? Why is introducing dogs into enclosures to chase coyotes and foxes not only legal but licensed in several states? Why […]
Indiana to allow chase pens
INDIANAPOLIS–The Indiana Natural Resources Commission on November 16, 2010 voted 9-2 to issue an operating permit to the only coyote and fox chase pen currently in the state, and to prohibit others from starting after January 1, 2012–which leaves other would-be Indiana chase pen proprietors a year to begin. The ruling “was technically a preliminary approval that sets in motion […]
“Operation Foxote” brings chase pen busts in three states
BIRMINGHAM, INDIANAPOLIS, NORFOLK, WASHINGTON D.C.–A two-year investigation of “chase pen” hunting businesses called “Operation Foxote” culminated on November 11, 2007 with arrests in three states. The Alabama’ Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division, which initiated Operation Foxote, arrested 18 people and seized 55 foxes, 25 coyotes, two bobcats, and 33 cardinals who were apparently used as bait to catch foxes and coyotes. […]
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