Animal Welfare Advisory Council
Date: March 16th, 2017, 9 AM until Noon
Location: AMHI Complex, Augusta, ME, Marquadt Building Room 332,
3nd Floor
- Introductions
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Updates – AWP
by Dept. Representative Liam Hughes
-
Help Fix ME updates
- Current numbers, and status of program
- Since January 1, 2016 we have:
-
New Business
Legislative updates
- LD 157, An Act To Require the Reporting of
Animal Cruelty or Neglect
- LD 246, An Act To Provide for the Adoption of
Cats and Dogs Previously Used for Research Purposes
- LD 245,
An Act To Repeal the Affirmative Defense for Cruelty to Animals
- LD 508, An Act Regarding Restrictions on the
Purchase of Certain Animals
- LD 396, An Act To Prohibit the Use of Elephants
in Traveling Animal Acts
- LD 624, An Act Concerning the Transporting of
Dogs in Passenger Vehicles
- LD 419, An Act To Clarify Damages for the
Willful or Negligent Injury or Death of a Dog
New bills to discuss
- LD 653 Resolve, To Establish a Working Group To
Propose Changes to the Animal Welfare Laws
- LD 858 An
Act To Strengthen the Law Regarding Dangerous Dogs
- LD 982 An Act To Protect Abused or Neglected
Animals
- LD 994 An Act
To Increase the Class of Crime for Viewing Animal Fighting
- Animal Trends
- Set Date for Next Meeting
Duties. The council shall perform the following
duties:
A. Review and advise the commissioner on proposed revisions
to the animal welfare laws and rules;
B. Assist the commissioner in the continuing implementation
and evaluation of the animal welfare laws and rules;
C. Review training programs for humane agents and animal
control officers and make recommendations for training appropriate to the
duties of the humane agents and animal control officers;
D. Research options for increasing revenue to the Animal
Welfare Fund to ensure funding for the implementation and enforcement of the
animal welfare laws and rules, periodically evaluate the adequacy of funding
for those laws and rules and make recommendations to the commissioner; and
E. Advise the commissioner on other matters related to
the animal welfare laws and rules.
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