MSPCA-Angell Community Outreach Seeing Huge Demand for Pet Food, Other Supplies Amid Challenging Economy    

Governor Patrick signed this bill into law on March 24, 2014!

S. 2345: An Act Protecting Animal Welfare and Safety (formerly H. 4388/H. 4328: An Act Relative to the Penalty for Killing, Maiming, or Poisoning Animals).

Yesterday Massachusetts lawmakers passed legislation to strengthen the existing antifreeze law that will help keep animals safe, an issue for which MSPCA-Angell’s Advocacy team has been lobbying steadily for years.

Signed by the Governor on August 2, 2012. The law took effect 90 days after it was signed, Oct. 31, 2012.

Most automotive antifreeze contains ethylene glycol, which is highly toxic to animals and humans and can produce life-threatening kidney damage, even in small amounts.  This law requires the addition of a bittering agent to retail containers of antifreeze. This law took effect on January 1, 2011.