Maine Friends of Animals - MFOA - Legislation / Campaigns

Thursday, 02 September 2010

Legislation / Campaigns

2010 Legislative Questionnaire

Take a look at MFOA's most recent legislative questionnaire sent to Maine House and Senate candidates. We will publish the list of "Animal Friendly" candidates once the completed surveys have been returned.

Stay tuned!

Protecting animals from antifreeze to become law in Maine

In March of 2007, Maine Friends of Animals sponsored a bill entitled, "An Act to Protect Household Pets and Other Animals from Poisoning," which addressed the effects of animals ingesting car antifreeze.

L.D. 758 Bill Summary (Sponsor: Rep. Emily Cain): "To reduce the risk of poisoning of household pets and other animals, this bill requires that engine coolant or antifreeze that contains more than 10% ethylene glycol or propylene glycol must include an aversive agent that makes it taste bitter so that it is rendered unpalatable."

Please Support LD 1598: An Act To Strengthen the Laws against Illegal "Puppy Mill" Operators

Please read --time sensitive. Action needed before legislative committee work session!

Support L.D. 1598 to help provide prosecutors and judges with the tools to more easily prosecute puppy mill cases like Buxton. And to help deter others from hoarding or setting up a puppy mill.

Read the bill
Read testimony of Animal Welfare Director, Norma Worley
Find the names of members of the Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.

Please submit polite supporting testimony for L.D 1598; make 20 copies and send to the committe clerk Darlene Simoneau at the address posted.

If anyone of the 13 members is YOUR legislator please be sure to contact them and ask them to support the ENTIRE bill.

Join Our Campaign to End Canned Hunting in Maine

Ban Canned Hunts

A BAN ON CANNED HUNTING INTRODUCTION

During each legislative session, Maine Friends of Animals chooses a focus issue, such as our ‘Dogs Chained for Life’ campaign and the recent bear referendum to ban baiting, hounding and trapping of Maine black bears. Our focus for this upcoming session is ‘canned hunting.’

Canned hunting is a hunting practice held on so called "hunting ranches", which are privately owned lands in Maine that enclose non-native wildlife behind fenced-in land. The landowner charges fees for people to kill these animals which have no chance of escaping. Please read on and view our canned hunting fact sheet for more information concerning these operations in Maine.