Animal Wellness Magazine

Animal Legislation

Hopefully you’ll soon be entering your charitable deductions on your federal tax return for your generosity in 2009, but what about your future donations?  One of the questions we are frequently asked is, “What charities do you donate to?” To help jumpstart your 2010 giving, we thought we’d share a little secret with you. One [...]

Today is International Animal Rights Day. Today we’d like to tip our hats to our European neighbors and applaud the efforts they are making to help improve the lives of animals. International Animal Rights Day – “The annual International Animal Rights Day (IARD) – 10th December – aims to remember the animal victims of human [...]

Pet parents, our tax day may be just around the corner! Congressman Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.) has introduced H.R. 3501, the“Humanity and Pets Partnered Through the Years” (HAPPY) Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for pet care expenses. Current Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, House [...]

An East German politician believes that in order to rectify the problem of dog owners refusing to pick up after their pooch, the city will procure some DNA from each dog and start a database. Therefore, when a poop has gone astray with no one to claim it, someone (do you want that city job?) [...]