Companions For Life

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Fabulous news :-)

Texas Senate unanimous about banning gas euthanasia in animal shelters The Texas Senate voted unanimously last week to support SB360 - a bill to ban the use of gas euthanasia in all Texas animal shelters. Companion bill, HB858 head

Good stuff!

Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins joins Dallas County Commissioners and Safer Dallas Better Dallas to announce the first ever Animal Cruelty Unit in North Texas.

Dallas Animal Services sets two new records. DAS staff adopted 488 dogs and cats in September, a new record for adoptions during any one month. Thanks to innovative shelter programs and increased community involvement, DAS also set a new record-high Live Release Rate of 43%.

http://dallascityhall.com/pdf/DAS/DAS_stats_sept12.pdf

Great news! Los Angeles lawmakers on Wednesday voted in favor of an ordinance that will make L.A. the largest city in America to ban pet stores from selling dogs, cats and rabbits obtained from commercial breeders.

The ordinance, which the City Council voted 12-2 to approve, targets puppy mills and is designed to cut down on the tens of thousands of animals euthanized each year in city shelters.

The other day Dr. Cate asked if we could get to 4,000 Facebook fans. Well of course we can, the only question is when. I think we might be able to answer that question today!! Can you help us? Please share our page with your friends and let's see if we can make it happen!! And we can find some homeless pets forever families while we're at it!