Joomla! site syndication http://fohowv.org Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:16:46 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://fohowv.org/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://fohowv.org Joomla! site syndication http://fohowv.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=64&Itemid=2 Right now, the PUPS bill which is S. 3424 HR 5434 which is the Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act needs your support. This provides much needed regulation and would require any breeder who sells or offers to sell more than 50 dogs annually directly to the public—including over the Internet—to also be licensed and inspected. Email or call our congressmen now in support of this bill. Click here to act now. Please visit the ASPCA Advocacy Center to email your senators and representative to urge them to support and cosponsor the PUPS Act. (http://www2.aspca.org/site/R?i=cxY6ePGL1f-wh0lTRCVSMw..) News - Latest Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:56:27 +0100 http://fohowv.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=63&Itemid=2 You must watch this incredible video of a recent equine rescue in Wayne County West Virginia. HSUS led by our new State Director, Summer Wyatt came to the aid of 50 starving and neglected horses, mules and donkeys. This neglect had been going on for years with no relief for these animals. Finally, with the assistance of HSUS, this cruelty has ended. Our thanks goes out to Summer Wyatt and HSUS! Click here for an update on the horses rescued from Wayne County (http://unitedanimalnations.blogspot.com/search/label/West%20Virginia%20horse%20rescue%202010) News - Latest Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:29:49 +0100 http://fohowv.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=46 83 animal advocates from 25 WV counties attended the 2010 WV Conference on Animals on April 17th at Flatwoods, WV at the Day's Hotel Conference Center. We shared food, fun and facts to help us improve the animal welfare environment in WV. Here are some facts about our conference showing the counties that attended and the type of attendee. This pdf also has some WV shelter statistics for animal euthanasia for selected shelters. Conference Facts (pdf file) (images/conference/2010conferencefacts.pdf) Informative sessions throughout the day covered a variety of topics. Our speakers have offered their powerpoint presentations here for your use. Give them time to download! Emergency Medicine for Companion Animals (pdf file) (images/conference/dontpanicdosomething.pdf) by Dr. Radcliffe, DVM. He is the owner and practicing veterinarian of the Town Country Animal Hospital in Wheeling, WV. WV Model Feral Cats Program (pdf file) (images/conference/trapneuterreturn.pdf) by Kandi Habeb, Founder and Director of Save a Kitty Feral Cat Program, Inc. in Parkersburg, West Virginia. Cats are not dogs (pdf file) (images/conference/catsarenotdogs.pdf) by Judi Stella. Judi is a graduate student at Ohio State Unversity Veterinary School. HSUS Spay Neuter Program (pdf file) (images/conference/hsusspayneuter.pdf) by Summer Wyatt, WV State HSUS Director Newsflashes - Conference Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:54:41 +0100 http://fohowv.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=59&Itemid=2 The Wood County Commission named a task force to study the issues of dogs and animal control within Wood County. Here is the final results of the Wood County Animal Task Force (pdf file) (images/conference/woodcountyanimaltaskforce.pdf). Also its findings are shown here in this article. Wood County Animal Control Task Force Report News Article (http://www.newsandsentinel.com/page/content.detail/id/526418.html?nav=5061) The Humane of Parkersburg is using the findings from the Task Force to solicit help from other humane societies and animal advocates to urge their legislators to update the dog licensing fees in West Virginia. HSOP believes that counties should be enabled to set higher fees for unaltered animals to encourage spay neuter initiatives. This would take a legislative action to do this. FOHO has been interested in this for some time. The current licensing fees were set 60 years ago and have not be altered to keep up with rising costs to shelters that house these animals. We will keep you posted on how this develops. News - Animal News Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:44:41 +0100 http://fohowv.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=54&Itemid=9 Please check our affiliate legislative action website for a recount of the 2010 legislative session www.fohowvla.org. (http://fohowvla.org/) Our spay neuter bill was placed into interim study. We will regroup on that bill and other important legislation for next year. Notable bills that passed were the 3 year rabies bill, a livestock standards bill and a spay neuter bill for adopted greyhounds. Newsflashes - Newsflash Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:18:42 +0100