Arlington-based animal-welfare advocate Debbie Marson pointed out to us that AWLA recently took a step in the right direction by simplifying the application that 501(c)(3) rescue organizations must complete in order to have a relationship with AWLA. Once this relationship exists, AWLA can theoretically transfer animals to the group (though this rarely happens.) The original [...]
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One Step Forward?
Posted in AWLA Policies, DC Area Rescue Orgs, Principles on February 26, 2010 | 2 Comments »
AWLA Explains Stance on VA HB 429
Posted in AWLA Policies, DC Area Rescue Orgs, Principles on January 31, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Last week, the agricultural subcommittee of the Virginia House of Delegates considered House Bill 429, which would add the add the following sentence to section 3.2-6546 of the Virginia Code: However, no pound may euthanize, or prohibit the adoption of, any dog based solely on breed. AWLA Executive Director Kay Speerstra traveled to Richmond to [...]
Missing the Forest for the Trees
Posted in AWLA Policies, DC Area Rescue Orgs, Principles on January 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The front-page article in the winter edition of AWLA’s Pawpourri newsletter is about behavior evaluations for dogs. It’s much longer than a typical Pawpourri article — seven full columns — and includes an excerpt from a 2003 article in Animal Sheltering, a magazine published by Wayne Pacelle’s HSUS. (This is the same HSUS that in [...]
Local Rescue Organizations Save Puppy-Mill Dogs
Posted in DC Area Rescue Orgs on November 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
From the Washington Post website: “Volunteers with A Forever-Home Rescue Foundation and Homeless Animal Rescue Team (HART) wait to pick up puppy mill dogs at Greenbriar Shopping Center in Chantilly, Va. Forever-Home volunteer Debbie Marson, left, exclaims as the truck arrives. The local groups are working with the National Mill Dog Rescue organization, which has [...]
