For the Love of Animals
Ok, let’s delve right in. What’s up with the fanatical dependency on animals for one’s mental health? Speaking as an…
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It was around 3:30 pm on a beautiful sunny day. I was driving down Route 7 on autopilot. Thinking those…
My husband, author and artist, says that one’s deepest understanding comes from the most trivial of all matters. And what…
In my previous life, I lived in downtown Schenectady on a dead end street. While sitting on my porch one…
After my dad died, I found myself integrating two new cats into my household. As promised to my mom, then…
It might be a bit morbid, but yes, all things die. I am saying this because, my dad just passed….
Loving you more today than yesterday More tomorrow than today My best friend, my true love, my one and only…
Established in 1873, Lollypop Farm, is one of the largest independent nonprofit animal welfare organizations in New York providing shelter,…
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Amanda Reynolds (Reynolds v. United States Internal Revenue Serv., Slip copy, 2025 WL 3514102 (E.D.N.Y. Dec. 8, 2025) is seeking…
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Every Saturday, I spend the night visiting with my 90 year old dad. This night, around 6:30 pm, we decided…
So you want a pet? There is a lot to choose from as there are more than 6.5 million animals…
I am not sure about you, but recently I have been reverting back to feeling lost and unsure of myself…
New York State lawmakers (NYS Assembly Member Deborah Glick and former Senator Brad Holyman-Sigal) have proposed a bill that would…
After years of local public concern and growing awareness about the trauma rodeos events potentially inflict on its animals, the…
OVERVIEW A new law has taken effect on December 15th and the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets…
The New York City Bar Association, through its Animal Law Committee, approved the passage of Assembly Bill A.54-B and Senate…
Assembly Bill A8327 has been introduced which seeks to prohibit the sale of birds in retail pet stores statewide. If…
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New York State Police (NYSP) in Albany is expanding their training program by partnering with the New York State Animal…
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A reintroduction of a bill in the state legislature would require canids over 50 pounds, that are killed, to be…
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Sen. Peter Oberacker (R,C-51st District) will introduce his animal cruelty bill (A.5820) in the state Senate this year to authorize…
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A new law, known as the Puppy Mill Pipeline Act, originally signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul in 2022, targets large-scale…
For the Love of Animals