Results
| Title |
Author |
Citation | Summary | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Statutory Amendment Table | Rebecca F. Wisch | Animal Legal & Historical Center | This document provides a summary and table illustrating amendments to state laws in 2018. | Topic Table |
| FAQ on Service Animals and Air Travel | Rebecca F. Wisch | This FAQ provides a short explanation of the law and regulations related to service animals on U.S. commercial airlines. | Article | |
| How to Search for Your Municipality's Animal-Related Ordinances | Rebecca F. Wisch | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
This document briefly explains how one may search for electronic versions of his or her municipality's animal control ordinances over the Interent. |
Article |
| Table of 2014 Amendments to State Laws | Rebecca F. Wisch | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
This table summarizes the statutory amendments that occurred in 2014. The table gives a brief description of the changes and links to the actual text of the laws. |
Topic Table |
| Table of State Commercial Pet Breeders Laws | Rebecca F. Wisch | Animal Legal & Historical Center | This table covers state laws and administrative regulations affecting commercial dog breeders. The table defines a commercial breeder, describes whether a state has an upper limit of dogs a breeder can possess at one time, whether a state has minimum standards of care, inspection provisions, and penalties for violations. | Topic Table |
| Overview of State Cruelty Laws | Rebecca F. Wisch | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
This summary describes some of the basic features of state cruelty laws with links to further discussions. |
Article |
| Overview of the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act | Rebecca F. Wisch | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
This overview of the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act provides annotations that link into a more detailed legal discussion of the Act. The summary reviews the historical underpinnings behind the passage of the Act and an examination of the major amendments to the original Act. Finally, the legal issues and controversies spawned by challenges to the Act are briefly summarized. |
Article |
| Emotional Assistance Animals in Rental Housing: A How-to Guide | Rebecca F. Wisch | Animal Legal & Historical Center |
This article provides some general information on how to seek help when a person needs an emotional support animal to function in daily life and a landlord enforces a "no pets" policy. |
Article |
| Pet Purchaser Protection/Puppy "Lemon Laws" | Rebecca F. Wisch |
Brief Summary of Pet Sales
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Topical Introduction | |
| Table of State Laws Concerning Minimum Age for Sale of Puppies | Rebecca F. Wisch | Animal Legal & Historical Center | This table summarizes state laws and administrative regulations concerning the minimum age to sell a puppy. Approximately 28 states and D.C. have a law or regulation that addresses the sale of puppies under a certain age (usually 8 weeks). | Topic Table |
