September 1st, 2010
| Dogs and cats will be allowed to sit with owners in the outdoor areas of restaurants under an administrative rule that goes into effect Sept. 1.
Cats and dogs will be allowed in outdoor dining areas if:
- They are physically restrained.
- They don’t enter the indoor area of a restaurant.
- They don’t come in contact with food or food preparers.
Restaurants will be able to determine whether they want to allow dogs and cats in their outdoor seating areas.
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August 25th, 2010
| The Coalition to Unchain Dogs is a non-profit, volunteer effort committed to improving the welfare of chained dogs by building fences and promoting community awareness of animal welfare. With our help, formerly chained dogs are given a chance to run free in their own safe spaces for the first time. All proceeds from the concert will go to building fences for chained dogs. In addition to the concert there will be booths, food, raffles, and children’s activities.
Buy tickets online
$12 advance; $15 @ door (cash only); under 12 free (Kids’ Zone Entry $5 cash).
Online ticket sales end at 10pm on Friday, 8/27.
Location:
Music For Fences will be held (rain or shine!) at Durham Central Park in Downtown Durham (Map of 534 Foster St). Doors open at 4:00. Bring lawn chairs and blankets for comfy seating!
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August 20th, 2010
| CHARLOTTE – Nearly two dozen dogs rescued from a Randolph County home are now recovering at the Humane Society of Charlotte and in foster homes.
The Randolph County Health Department says the 17 dogs were surrendered earlier this week when the owner could no longer care for them. Most of the animals have severe infections of the skin, ears and eyes but no charges are being filed in the case. Read more |
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August 15th, 2010
| LINCOLN, NC (WBTV) - Some malnourished pigs that were seized from a farm in Lincoln County this spring have been slaughtered. According to Lincoln County manager George Wood, 5 of the pigs were sold to employees working for animal control then taken to a meat processing plant for slaughter. Read more |
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August 12th, 2010
| Bring your Dog and join People Promoting Animal Welfare “Pawtyin’ for Politicians”.
August 14 from 8-10pm
Dogtopia of Charlotte
616 Springbrook Rd.Charlotte, NC 28217
$25 cash gets you in the door for Fun, Food, Wine, and a Silent Auction Food Provided by Brixx Pizza and Noodles & Company. Dogs must be non-aggressive on a leash and current on rabies vaccinations. The entire event is CASH ONLY.
Monies raised will go to legislators who take a stand against animal cruelty in North Carolina such as Puppy Mills and Wildlife Penning Donations are not tax deductible, receipts will be provided.
Please RSVP at rsvp@pawty.org
For info on legislation in NC and effective lobbying tips, go to www.pawty.org |
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August 8th, 2010
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Wondering how to help the animals in your community between legislative sessions?
Gather up a few friends in the community and schedule an appointment with your legislators on their home turf! Legislators are now in their home districts (don’t know your state representatives? find them here). They have more time to discuss issues. Make a list of three animal related issues that you are concerned about and schedule a meeting. Talk about how these issues are impacting your community. Be sure to end with an “ask”:
1) Please support legislation to regulate commercial dog breeders
2) Please support the ban of fox and coyote penning
3) Please help to strengthen our animal cruelty laws
4) Please help increase our spay/neuter funding
Don’t forget about candidates running for election in November. Talk with them about where they stand on animal issues and then share with NCVAW. We will post information on candidates as we receive it!
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August 2nd, 2010
| There are several ways to get the latest North Carolina animal legislative news from NCVAW. Social networks Facebook and Twitter. RSS feed and email via the links at the top right of the page. Also, you can share NCVAW web page updates with friends with the “Share or Email” link under each page update. |
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July 27th, 2010
Cornhole Tournament Benefitting ‘Coalition to Unchain Dogs’. The goal is to raise over $3500.00 this year allowing us to help build more fences for chained dogs. We have a 40 team limit this year. 1st and 2nd place will be awarded prize packages. We will have a silent auction and raffle loaded with great prizes. Come on out and support this great great event!
When
July 31st
12-6PM
Where
The Thirsty Beaver Saloon
1225 Central Ave
Charlotte, NC 28205 |
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July 21st, 2010
| YADKINVILLE, N.C. - In an historic vote that was a decade in the making, Yadkin commissioners Monday night voted to end the practice of euthanizing animals with carbon monoxide, opting to go instead with what they said was a more ‘humane’ method of lethal injection. Read more |
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July 10th, 2010
| The N.C. Pork industry that killed the puppy mill bill is getting it’s karmic retribution in the press. Most recently in a scathing News & Observer editorial, “Dogs and Hogs“, stating that “Rarely does light shine on the dark side of legislative lobbying quite so brightly.” Then goes on to explain the flaw of the Pork’s industry “slippery-slope” argument that the HSUS’s ultimate goal of turning the world vegetarian. Plus some other pointed criticisms of Pork’s disastrous environmental legacy. Unfortunately the opinion piece did not mention that the largest environmental spill in North Carolina history was caused by an industrial hog farm in 1995, when a hog waste lagoon burst spilling 22 million gallons of waste in the New River.
We need to keep the Pork Industries feet to the fire. They ARE feeling the heat from the many excellent letters that already have been published. Big Pork in N.C. is destroying our environment, walking all over North Carolina citizens and controlling our legislature. We must take a stand!!! With Pork in control all of our efforts to improve the lives of the animals in N.C. will be thwarted.
Please write a letter to the editor of your local North Carolina newspaper today!
Or write to the News & Observer.
Thank you!! |
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