Guest blog: For healthy waterways, people and pets we must all scoop the poop
April Fools’ Day has passed so this is no joke: Happy National Pooper Scooper Week! To celebrate poop scooping—a chore….
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National Puppy Day: Pandemic pushed puppy sales and scams to new heights in 2020
Today is National Puppy Day, an observation that coming so soon after the one-year anniversary of the coronavirus pandemic reminds….
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Confronting false claims about TNR and SB1390
Yesterday the House Agriculture Subcommittee (of the Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee) heard SB1390, the Trap Neuter Return bill….
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Virginia Senate passes Trap Neuter Return bill in spite of irrational opposition from Senator Stuart
During Tuesday’s Senate floor session, Senator Lynwood Lewis eloquently presented his bill, SB1390, to clarify Virginia code surrounding Trap Neuter….
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Floor amendment threatens SB1390’s goals of expanding and improving Trap Neuter Return in Virginia
UPDATE: February 1, 2021 The anticipated floor amendment we told you about on Friday has failed. Senator Lewis’s bill, SB1390,….
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December is Virginia’s inaugural Puppy Mill Awareness Month
Earlier this year, state lawmakers unanimously voted to designate December as Puppy Mill Awareness Month across the Commonwealth, thereby encouraging….
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Message from our CEO about protecting animals and people during the COVID-19 outbreak
As we navigate the rapidly-evolving COVID-19 situation, we remain steadfast in our commitment to 1) protect the health and wellbeing….
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A clean website can hide the dirty truth
Did you know that most puppies sold on the internet, just like most puppies sold in pet stores, come from….
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Advocating for animals in the 2020 Virginia General Assembly session
As the new Virginia state director for the Humane Society of the United States, I am so excited to continue….
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Robin Starr accepts the Ellen Glasgow Award for Humane Service
This award means more to me than I ever could adequately convey. It is an important opportunity for me to….
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