California legislators are moving forward with plans to create a public, online, animal abuser registry identical in function to the public sex offender registry.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1969346,00.html

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Pets travelling by air belong in the cargo hold, not the cabin, where their dander could irritate passengers' allergies, states an editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) released Tuesday.
Three top doctors — deputy editor Matthew B. Stanbrook, editor-in-chief Paul C. Hébert, and Thomas Kovesi, a pediatrician at the University of Ottawa — put [...]

The woman charged in October with running a puppy mill in Edmonton's west end has pleaded guilty to charges of animal cruelty and was fined $5,000.
May Poon was facing eight charges under Alberta's Animal Protection Act, including causing distress to animals.
In April, a neighbour discovered 32 dogs and 10 cats housed in small cages — [...]

A prominent Toronto Humane Society staff member and an agent with the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals were arrested Thursday amid an investigation into the Toronto shelter.
Toronto police entered the society's headquarters on Thursday afternoon and emerged with Trevor (Tre) Smith, a former humane society investigator.
Smith will be charged with two [...]

A commission of experts will be asked to conduct a comprehensive review of all animal-care practices and policies at the Calgary Zoo, the embattled facility's president announced Saturday.
"On Monday morning I will be contacting the presidents of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums in Washington, D.C., and of the Canadian Association of Zoos and Aquariums [...]

Australia announced Thursday it will lift a 5-year ban on clinical trials of animal-to-human transplantation, after the government's top health body determined the risk of transmitting animal viruses to people was low.
The decision by the National Health and Medical Research Council means Australia will join a slew of other countries — including the United States [...]

The beleaguered Toronto Humane Society is being investigated by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources over suspicions it may have violated provincial laws on the release of raccoons.
Officials from the ministry arrived at the River Street shelter Tuesday morning with a warrant to search the building.
Under provincial law, the society is supposed to release any [...]

Four animals inside the Toronto Humane Society's shelter in the east end of the city had to be euthanized after animal cruelty charges were laid against the president and the board of directors at the facility.
A puppy, two cats and a raccoon were euthanized overnight Thursday, said Alison Cross of the Ontario Society for the [...]

Five senior Toronto Humane Society officials, including president Tim Trow, have been charged with cruelty to animals and obstruction of a peace officer after a search warrant was executed Thursday afternoon.
Shortly around 3 p.m., the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with the help of Toronto police, raided the society's 11 River [...]