NEW HAMPTON — A local couple that claimed to be operating an animal rescue operation is facing 44 counts each of animal cruelty and one count …
New Hampshire lawmakers acted swiftly to introduce legislation this year to increase protections for animals, in response to a horrific case of animal cruelty and fires at unregulated breeding facilities in the Granite State. The original intent of Senate Bill 569-N was to increase protections for animals, but a dangerous amendment recently adopted in the House Environment and Agriculture Committee has not only weakened the bill’s provisions, but also repeals existing laws that protect animals by eliminating state inspection requirements for commercial dog kennels and pet stores, stripping the public of their right to request animal welfare records from a licensed facility, and preventing stronger penalties for animal abusers.
CONCORD — Wolfeboro Police Chief Dean Rondeau remains passionate in his opposition to an amended animal cruelty bill that he believes will on…
SB-569 is not the proverbial dead horse, in spite of the coup de grace dealt by the members of the House Environment and Agriculture Committee.
CONCORD — Wolfeboro Police Chief Dean Rondeau describes an amended animal cruelty bill as “terrible” but those who raise working and show dogs…
PLYMOUTH — Amidst a series of legal motions on the animal cruelty charges faced by Jennifer “Bobbi” Choate of Bristol, there still is no date …
BARNSTEAD — Although the rain soaked the mud outside the nearly completed building on South Barnstead Road last Friday afternoon, the owners w…