Lunch + Legislation: Rep. Stephanie Young, Including Animals in Sentencing Guidelines
6 May 2024

Lunch + Legislation: Rep. Stephanie Young, Including Animals in Sentencing Guidelines

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We welcome Rep. Young, who represents the 16th District in the Michigan House, to talk about the importance of the bill package she is leading, to put animals into the picture when judges are sentencing defendants who have been convicted … Continued

Lunch + Legislation with Molly Tamulevich: What Can Animal Advocates Expect from the New Michigan Legislature?
5 Dec 2022

Lunch + Legislation with Molly Tamulevich: What Can Animal Advocates Expect from the New Michigan Legislature?

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We know that a new legislative session always brings change. But the 102nd Michigan Legislative Session beginning early January 2023 will be change on steroids, as one party will control both the House and Senate, and the Governor’s office. You … Continued

AG Opinion: Significant Development in Ending Wayne State Dog Experiments
9 May 2022

AG Opinion: Significant Development in Ending Wayne State Dog Experiments

by | posted in: Advocacy, Analysis, Attorney General Nessel, Dogs, Media, PCRM, Wayne State dog experiments | 0

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel today issued an opinion that a 1978 law requires the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to register facilities that “keep or use animals for experimental purposes” and must “restrict registration to only those … Continued

Legislative Tracker: End-of-Summer-Recess Edition
27 Aug 2019

Legislative Tracker: End-of-Summer-Recess Edition

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End of summer means pumpkin spice latte in your favorite coffee shop, the beginning of school, and the return of legislators to the state and US capitols. In Michigan, we’ve seen two bills introduced this past month which the AFA … Continued

Rebecca Wrock, AFA’s Vice President, Joins Varnum Law
15 Jul 2019

Rebecca Wrock, AFA’s Vice President, Joins Varnum Law

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Congratulations to Rebecca, who recently joined Varnum’s Estate Planning Practice Team. The firm’s announcement highlights her many activities and accomplishments in animal law, and particularly in estate planning for animals. It mentions that she is Animal Friendly Attorneys™ certified. She has … Continued

Do We Really Need a 9th Way to Violate Michigan’s Hunter Harassment Law?
4 Jun 2019

Do We Really Need a 9th Way to Violate Michigan’s Hunter Harassment Law?

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Michigan passed a Hunter Harassment Act in the 1990s and updated it several years ago to prevent hunters from being harassed by the use of drones. Now legislation has been introduced at the behest of the hunting interests to create … Continued