{"id":10085,"date":"2014-01-23T08:11:07","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T13:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=10085"},"modified":"2014-01-22T18:13:04","modified_gmt":"2014-01-22T23:13:04","slug":"pa-improves-its-ranking-on-animal-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=10085","title":{"rendered":"Pa. improves its ranking on animal protection"},"content":{"rendered":"

Humane Society says state moved up five places to No. 12<\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n
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\"Screen<\/a>In the fifth annual \u201cHumane State Ranking\u201d report released by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), Pennsylvania was ranked 12th<\/sup>\u00a0in the nation, moving up five spots from last year, a news release said.<\/p>\n

The comprehensive analysis of animal protection laws in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., grades states on the strength of a wide range of animal protection laws, including policies dealing with animal cruelty and fighting, pets, wildlife, equines, animals in research and farm animals, the release said.<\/p>\n

In 2013, Pennsylvania legislators passed legislation to help protect companion animals. Lawmakers also passed measures to eliminate the use of gas chambers at animal shelters, require people accused of animal cruelty to pay the costs of caring for seized animals, and allow courts to include pets in protective orders, the release said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are thrilled to have climbed the ranking this year but are even more thrilled that it was our new Cost of Care Act that has enabled this rise,\u201d said Sarah Speed, Pennsylvania director for the HSUS. \u201cThis legislation is a huge win for shelters and rescues who care for the victims of animal cruelty.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elissa Katz, a member of the HSUS Pennsylvania council, said the council is gearing up for Humane Lobby Day on April 9 in hopes of passing legislation such as a ban on animal fighting paraphernalia, live pigeon shoots, and exotic pets. Ben Donahower, also a member of the state HSUS council, added that he was proud of Pennsylvania\u2019s progress and hoped to continue it. \u201cIf there is one measure to judge a society, it\u2019s how we treat the most vulnerable, including animals,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In 2013, The HSUS helped pass 109 new laws and regulations to protect animals and helped to defeat a number of harmful measures such as \u201cag-gag\u201d laws that would suppress whistleblowers at industrial factory farms, the release said. To view an interactive map with details on the ranking, visit\u00a0http:\/\/www.humanesociety.org\/about\/state\/humane-state-ranking-2013.html?credit=web_491221823<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Humane Society says state moved up five places to No. 12 In the fifth annual \u201cHumane State Ranking\u201d report released by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), Pennsylvania was ranked 12th\u00a0in the nation, moving up five spots from last year, a news release said. The comprehensive analysis of animal protection laws in all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3522,3523,3524],"class_list":["post-10085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-animal-protection","tag-hsus-pennsylvania-council","tag-humane-society-of-the-united-states-hsus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10085"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10088,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10085\/revisions\/10088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}