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Social Compassion In Legislation's Sweeping Package Of Animal Protection Legislation Is Moving Closer To Passage – Four Bills Clear Critical Assembly Appropriations Committee

May 16, 2019

Bills cover diverse issues with wide-ranging impact: school lunches, deforestation, non-animal testing of hazardous waste, and the sale of cruel exotic animal skin products.

Senator Scott Wilk, Social Compassion in Legislation Welcome Opening Animal Blood Bank Market to Community-Based Donors

April 28, 2019

SB 202 clears first committee with a unanimous 4-0 vote, bringing viable community-based donors to commercial animal blood industry.
Part 1: Senator Scott Wilk, Social Compassion in Legislation Welcome Opening Animal Blood Bank Market to Community-based Donors
Part 2: Microchip Day a Huge Success
Part 3: Please, Please, Please... If You Haven't yet Signed up to Support Our Bills Please Do Now!

Is California Ignoring its Legal Obligation to List Carcinogens?

April 22, 2019

The state may be slow-rolling a listing required by Proposition 65 as an ever-growing mountain of evidence shows a conclusive link between consuming even a small amount of processed meat and an increased risk of multiple cancers. (1-Part)

Big Day in Sacramento as Two Key Environmental and Animal Protection Bills Pass Committee

March 27, 2019

AB 479 to provide plant-based meal options K-12; AB 572 to protect tropical forests.
Part 1: Big Day in Sacramento as Two Key Environmental and Animal Protection Bills Pass
Part 2: Committee Please, Please, Please... If You Haven't yet Signed up to Support Our Bills Please Do Now!
Part 3: Spread the Word!!

WALK. STAY. PLAY. Free Micochip Day at the Capitol! Tuesday, April 2nd 10am - 2pm

March 22, 2019

Join us with your pet on the steps of the California State Capitol for a Free Microchip Day. Free Microchips provided by Michelson Found Animals for dogs and cats.

Action Alert! Let's Kill AB 527 (Voepel) and Save Alligators and Crocodiles

March 19, 2019

NEED YOUR CALLS! PLEASE CALL NO LATER THAN CLOSE OF BUSINESS MONDAY 3/25. Part 1: Attention Animal Lovers! Part 2: Make a Call Today and Urge A "NO" Vote on AB 527! Say " NO" To Louisiana Gator and Croc Exploiters!

Action Alert! Please help us on our very important cosponsored bill!

February 26, 2019

SUPPORT LETTERS DUE THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 1ST BY 5PM FOR AB 273 (Gonzalez-Fletcher) Wildlife Protection Act. Part 1: Please Help Us on Our Very Important Cosponsored Bill! Part 2: If You Would like to Join Us in Person at the Hearing, Here Are the Details:

AB 1586 (Kalra) - Replacing Animals in Science Education Act

February 25, 2019

Under the proposed legislation, all California schools would replace animal dissection activities with contemporary and humane teaching methods in line with industry standards and best practices.

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AB 1260 (Maienschein) – Ban on Exotic Skins

February 21, 2019

AB 1260 would add hippopotamus’, sharks, stingrays, and many reptiles to a list that already includes big cats, polar bears, dolphins, and other threatened or endangered species. Part 1: Assemblymember Brian Maienschein and Social Compassion in Legislation Introduce Bill to Expand California Ban on Sale of Exotic Animal Skins Part 2: Quirk Renews Efforts on Accurate and Humane Hazardous Waste Identification

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AB 889 (Maienschein) - California Transparency in Research Act

February 20, 2019

A new bill introduced last week in the California State Assembly would modernize and expand a statewide system in which some laboratories currently report animal use.

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