“Dog owners in Scarborough could have to keep their dogs on leashes at all times, this after an endangered Piper [sic] Plover was killed.” This was a post on Facebook Friday morning, August 9th, which generated 3 dozen comments from people, both for and against a ban on unleashed dogs on the beach. The background […]
Category Archives: Legislative Issues & Advocacy
What? The State Legislature is Considering a Bill to Require a Veterinarian to Put a Flea Collar on Your Dog or Cat??? Here’s more on the bill I was referencing earlier that would require flea treatments to be administered by a veterinarian. The message was sent to a friend in the animal world. “You may want […]
The Maine Department of Agriculture has some bills coming up that anyone who has companion animals (dogs & cats in particular) should watch. At a breakfast meeting this morning, one Legislator told us there’s a bill on the table that would require a veterinarian to apply flea collars for dogs & cats. We, as individual […]
Johnny and I just returned from the Androscoggin Chamber of Commerce’s Business Advocacy Committee meeting, which hosted 11 of our State Legislators for breakfast this morning; since then, I’ve been on-line researching the upcoming bills, public hearings and work sessions. It’s been a few years since I’ve been very politically involved, but nothing has changed… […]
