Recently defeated legislation in California would have let unsupervised nonveterinarians perform services to remove deposits from

Several states regulate veterinary procedures such as tail docking, ear cropping and devocalization.

Several state laws and regulations address the issue of tethering companion animals, specifically dogs.

summary of statutory and case law provisions on breed-specific local ordinances and state laws

Starting in September, most Ohio residents will be unable to collect or sell wild animals that the state deems to be dangerous

The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in January that the state of California cannot prohibit the slaughter of pigs that become

The population of dogs and cats in the U.S. exceeds the capacity of our society to care and provide homes for them as companion animals.

The AVMA is among medical associations that contend in a brief that state professional boards should not be subject to Federal Trade