⇒ Source Documents
⇒ Advocacy
A CFA Legislative Group classic from 2006, Quick Recipe for a Grassroots Letter: inspiration and step-by-step instruction for writing a concise position letter about a pending bill. Note, “grassroots advocacy” means communicating with the general public and prompting them to engage elected officials as the “writer” of this letter would be doing by writing this “grassroots letter.”
CFA Position Letter from the Cat Fanciers Association t,o California Assembly Committee on Business and Profession, Assembly Bill 702, Cat and dog breeding: permits (Santiago) as amended April 19, 2021 OPPOSE
CFA Position Letter from the Cat Fanciers Association to New Hampshire House of Representatives Environment and Agriculture Committee, HB 1102 regarding animal cruelty offenses involving brachycephalic animals. OPPOSE
Federal and State Legislature Sites, Part 1, Alabama – Montana (What’s Hot, Nov 2021)
Federal and State Legislature Sites, Part 2, Nebraska – Wyoming (What’s Hot, Dec 2021)
⇒ State Breeder Laws Every Resident Fancier Should Know! A series previously published in Cat Talk Magazine.
State Breeder Laws Every Resident Fancier Should Know, Part 1 – States of Regions 2 and 5: California, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon, and Washington, October 2019
State Breeder Laws Every Resident Fancier Should Know! Part 2 – States of the Gulf Shore Region: Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, and Tennessee, April 2020 EDITOR’S NOTE 2023 Texas SB 876 lowered the licensing threshold, eliminated sales requirement, added new dog exemption, Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation rulemaking in progress late 2023. See TDLR for information.
State Breeder Laws Every Resident Fancier Should Know! Part 3 – U.S. States of Region 4: New York, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, June 2020
State Breeder Laws Every Resident Fancier Should Know! Part 4 – U.S. States of Region 6 Installment 1: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Minnesota, October 2020
State Breeder Laws Every Resident Fancier Should Know! Part 5 – U.S. States of Region 6, Installment 2: Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wisconsin, February 2021
State Breeder Laws Every Resident Fancier Should Know! Part 6 – U.S. States of Region 7: Georgia, District of Columbia, Florida, North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, April 2021
State Breeder Laws Every Resident Fancier Should Know! Part 7 – U.S. States of Region 1: Connecticut, Maine, Delaware, and Massachusetts, October 2021
State Breeder Laws Every Resident Fancier Should Know! Part 8 – U.S. States of Region 1: New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Vermont, April 2022
⇒ Limit Laws How to Research Pet Limit Laws This article originally appeared in the August 2023 issue of Cat Talk magazine, a publication of The Cat Fanciers’ Association. EDITOR’S NOTE In addition to limit laws, either breeding and/or selling at a specific location may trigger additional limits, restrictions, requirements or licensing (local, state or federal) based on numbers. See state breeder laws articles above, check local ordinances by the research methods described and 2018 USDA Dealer License Flowchart to determine federal license requirement.
⇒ Litigation
Harming Pets Through the Expansion of Emotion-Based Damages
By Kelly Crouch, CFA Legislative Information Liaison An earlier version of this article, “Harming Pets Through the Expansion of Emotion-Based Damages” was published in Cat Talk Magazine, October 2017
⇒ Microchipping: Technology, Law and Policies
Pet Licensing with Mandatory Microchipping involves Faulty Logic
Technology and Environment of Animal Microchip Systems, Part 1 – The Environment
Technology and Environment of Animal Microchip Systems, Part 2 – The Microchip
Technology and Environment of Animal Microchip Systems Part 3 – The Scanner
Technology and Environment of Animal Microchip Systems, Part 4 – The Database System
⇒ References Horry County, South Carolina, proposed ordinance amendments. Earliest known appearance of new definition of “animal rescue” to include exclusion of association with breeding. August 17, 2021 version.