URGENT ACTION ALERT – APRIL 4
April 4, 2013 ACTION ALERT – WE NEED YOUR URGENT HELP TO PROTECT ANIMALS! TELL YOUR STATE SENATOR: KILL HJR 11 We desperately need your help to stop animal cruelty in Missouri PLEASE CONTACT YOUR...
View ArticleMissouri House Acts to Block Future Efforts to Protect Animals
Posted March 6, 2013 – REPRESENTATIVES RETALIATE AGAINST CRACK DOWN ON PUPPY MILLS The House overwhelmingly passed a resolution to amend the state constitution to prohibit future ballot initiatives on...
View ArticleURGENT ACTION ALERT – March 21
March 21, 2013 – Your immediate action is needed to help protect animals. View Action Alert for specific instructions.
View ArticlePost Editorial Addresses HJR 11
Posted April 8, 2013 – The Post-Dispatch editorial addresses HJR 11, the back-door repeal of Missouri’s puppy mill law, and its negative impact on future animal welfare issues. Please note, the...
View ArticleMO LEGISLATIVE VOTES
Updated April 11, 2013 – Find out how your Missouri state legislators voted on pending animal welfare legislation. The Missouri Senate voted on an amendment to HJR 11 “to reject the attempt to deny...
View ArticlePost Article on Senate Vote on HJR 11
Posted April 15, 2013 – The Post-Dispatch reports on the Missouri Senate vote taken on HJR 11, the “Right to Farm” bill, on April 13, 2013. CLICK HERE to read the full article.
View ArticleUSDA Requests Funding to Enforce New Rules on Dog Breeders
May 1, 2013 – The Office of Budget and Management recently posted the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget for the U. S. Department of Agriculture. The OMB is reporting that USDA is “requesting funding to enforce...
View ArticleMO HOUSE CONTINUES ITS ASSAULT ON ANIMALS
May 1, 2013 - House Agriculture Committees Pass Bills to Weaken Anti-Cruelty Statutes Please email or call your state senator and let him/her know you are opposed to any bill that weakens our current...
View ArticleProposed “Right to Farm” Constitutional Amendment Likely To End Up In Court
Posted – June 18, 2013 – Supporters and opponents of Missouri’s proposed “right to farm” constitutional amendment appear to agree on one point. If the state’s voters approve the measure in 2014, the...
View ArticleKansas City Star Exposes Abuse at Slaughter Plants
July 3, 2013 – While USDA considers approving a horse slaughter plant for Missouri, the Kansas City Star and the federal Office of Inspector General reports that USDA can’t sufficiently regulate...
View ArticlePost-Dispatch Endorses Horse Slaughter–The Alliance Responds
Posted July 11, 2013 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch: FAIR: When it comes to animals’ public images, horses are up there with dogs, way ahead of cows, pigs and lambs, even cats. That may account for some of...
View ArticleHorse Slaughter Looming in Missouri
Posted July 1, 2013 – In an unexpected move this past week, the USDA has decided to approve an application for a horse slaughter facility in the state of New Mexico and has indicated that it will soon...
View ArticleURGENT ACTION ALERT – APRIL 4
April 4, 2013 ACTION ALERT – WE NEED YOUR URGENT HELP TO PROTECT ANIMALS! TELL YOUR STATE SENATOR: KILL HJR 11 We desperately need your help to stop animal cruelty in Missouri PLEASE CONTACT YOUR...
View ArticleMO 2013 LEGISLATIVE SESSION ENDS!
May 17, 2013 ALL ANIMALS ARE SAFE! Missouri Legislature is out of session Miraculously, the animals have escaped virtually unscathed despite an onslaught of harmful bills this year in the state...
View ArticleBreed Specific Legislation
Posted March 19, 2014 - To view the Alliance’s Breed Specific Legislation Statement, CLICK HERE>>To view the Alliance’s Fact Sheet regarding HB 1116 and SB 865, CLICK HERE>>
View ArticleGwenie (Saint Louis, MO)
Type/Breed: Golden RetrieverGwenie was rescued with three other Golden Retrievers in 2003 from a bad breeder. All four dogs had been running loose in rural Missouri. Two of the dogs had to be put...
View Article2014 ANIMAL LEGISLATION
Keep up-to-date with the 2014 legislative session and bills pending on animal welfare in the Missouri Legislature in Jefferson City. CLICK HERE>>
View ArticleHB 1640 Wants to Keep You in the Dark on How Animals Are Treated
Updated April 28, 2014 - Legislation was recently introduced to eliminate the ability to monitor animal welfare issues via the state’s sunshine law. Missouri’s sunshine law requires transparency in...
View ArticleHB 1937 Seeks to Leave Abused and Neglected Animals in the Hands of Their...
Updated April 24, 2014 - There is once again this year an attempt to severely weaken the state’s anti-cruelty statutes and effectively eliminate disposition hearings for animals that have been abused...
View ArticleBreed Specific Legislation
Updated June 3, 2014 – The Alliance has issued a position statement and revised fact sheet regarding breed specific legislation introduced in the Missouri Legislature for 2014. To view the Alliance’s...
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