Matthew Ellis is the Staffordshire’s Police Commissioner and is passionate about protecting police animals. He supported the implementation of the 2019’s Finn’s Law, a law that aimed to ensure that criminals who harm service animals are punished accordingly.

Now a new project (The Dog Welfare Scheme) is introduced and designed that appropriate standards of animal health and welfare are ensured and maintained. “Police dogs aren’t just another piece of police kit, they feel pain, they have emotions and above all, they display incredible loyalty in the line of duty. It is absolutely right that there are checks in place to ensure the appropriate care standards and welfare of the dogs are maintained and they are being treated with the respect they deserve,” said Ellis.

News source: tamworthinformed.co.uk

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Using a fake service dog would result in a hefty fine according to the proposed House Bill 3905 of Springfield. The bill would require any handler to have their dog trained professionally if it were to wear any indication that the dog is a service animal. A second offense of service animal misrepresentation would include hundreds of dollars in fines.

State Rep. La Shawn Ford, D-Chicago, told the House Judiciary Criminal Committee, “When you have a misrepresentation of a dog that is represented as a service dog, that’s a public nuisance and could cause harm to the public,” Meanwhile, the Transportation Department proposes a crackdown on fraudulent dog owners who misrepresent their pet as service of emotional support animals just to get on flight.

News source: thetelegraph.com

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The stigma also around mental health in Ukraine makes it harder to identify and help suffering veterans as the government doesn’t keep official statistics. This is where Ricky the Golden Retriever and Deep Purple the Labrador Retriever comes in.

Ricky places his front paws on Vasyl’s (47-year-old veteran) shoulders to put a smile on his face. “This is probably the most soothing thing,” says Vasyl in the corridor of a large medical center for veterans in Kyiv. Oleksandr, a 38-year-old veteran also credits Deep Purple for saving his life as they take a walk in an open training session for preparation of the Invictus Games in The Hague. Both Vasyl and Oleksandr declined to give their full names.

News source: Yahoo News

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Idaho K9 Academy of Snake River Animal Shelter will soon be opening a new training facility after receiving a $100,000 grant from the Cross Foundation.

Able to lease land from the airport on Olympia Street, they still need to raise another $80,000. Despite the lack of funds to start building, Executive Director Kristin Sanger is hopeful that they will be able to begin construction this spring and open by August.

The dog academy has been operating over a year now since its opening in January 2019 and has brought in $93,000 last year. The idea for the academy started when Sanger realized 17% of the shelter animals being adopted were being returned due to behavior issues.

News source: washingtontimes.com

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As Riley Cull and Sandy de Kock are being recognized by Volunteer Whanganui as volunteers of the month they have been paired with two female assistant dogs Lyra and Nadia, a German Shepherd and Borzois.

Borzois are a breed of Russian hunting dogs. “They have been used successfully overseas as assistance dogs, as mobility dogs because they’re big enough for you to lean on. We are the first people in New Zealand doing this with Borzois,” says Sandy.

Sandy is Nadia’s partner. Both Riley and Sandy are also medical professional volunteers from the Kotuku Foundation Assistance Animals Aotearoa (KFAAA) and are training the two dogs to be efficient assistant animals so that they can serve people who need assistance at the Volunteer Wanganui.

News source: nzherald.co.nz

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The 32-year old brother to the Duchess of Cambridge, after fighting a deep depression himself, with the help of his five dogs, becomes the ambassador of Pets as Therapy.

The charitable organization promotes medical therapies with animals and will soon present a TV documentary titled “The Super Dogs” with James as its host. He will explain how four-legged animals can influence a person’s mood fighting and to recover from depression.

“They give me the courage to speak freely and without fear of judgment especially when I speak of my experience with depression. Each 40 seconds someone takes their own life because of depression. That’s why I talk about it openly, “ said James.

News source: njmmanews.com

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Volunteer Barb Landers walks Eagle, an orphan dog, at The Animal Foundation, on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. (Jeff Scheid/The Nevada Independent)

The Animal Foundation is one of the few shelters in the country that wants to meet and exceed the “appropriately strict” animal welfare standards by reducing their euthanized animals into zero.

The goal which was prompted by animal welfare advocates and established in 2015 has seen tremendous progress. From 9,400 cats and dogs to 2,800, it has been less than ⅓ of their annual population that has been euthanized compared to their 2015 numbers.

The foundation, however, aims to save every animal and they are now 2% away from achieving that goal. The use of euthanasia is only a last resort for animals with incurable diseases and very bad conditions.

News and image source: thenevadaindependent.com

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Moving from Dog and Cat Cafes, a new animal Cafe is in town! For Portlanders, Bunnies in Baskets at 201 N. Alberta St. is now open for non-profit.

The cafe is staffed by volunteers. You can visit their studio on Friday nights (Hoppy Hour) for $7.00. If you want to avail of a short time bunny service, there’s a Pet-a-Bunny hour on Saturdays for $5.00 from 2-3 pm. For those who want a full bunny experience, don’t miss the once a month Sunday Bunny Tea for $20.00 per person. You get served tea and sweet snacks at first and when the tables are cleared, then the bunnies come out.

News source: oregonlive.com

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A February 4 Board of Commissioners meeting in a county in Georgia sealed the deal on allowing senior citizens to interact with therapy service dogs in the Catoosa County Senior Center.

Marie Barbee, an employee of the Senior Center and the Trans-Aid Department, was the mastermind for the agreement between the county and a local therapy dog organization (Therapy Dogs International).

She sought the agreement to happen as a way to entice enthusiasm and to make the visiting of seniors to the center more beneficial for their physical health.

News source: northwestgeorgianews.com

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Loneliness and social isolation can cause poor mental health issues and are affecting the American public on an alarming scale. For Mars Petcare and the Human-Animal Bond Research Institute (HABRI), they believe that this problem can be solved by pet ownership.

To prove this claim right, the Consortium on Social Isolation in Companion Animals reported that a majority of pet owners say their pet makes them feel less lonely and helps them connect with other people.

In their opinion regarding pet ownership being an intervention and cure for loneliness and social isolation, a large majority believes that interaction with companion animals can help combat loneliness and agrees that interacting with animals can alleviate social isolation.

News source: dvm360.com

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