Elinor D. Molbegott, is an attorney who maintains a law practice devoted to animal law. Elinor donates her time to answer questions from North Shore Animal League America supporters who would like to learn more about animal law.
My landlord of our affordable housing apartment complex is denying my service dog based on his breed.
Please help. I was incarcerated for 3 weeks and my dog was adopted 2 days before I got out. She is my service dog, and she is microchipped, I've sent Fulton County Animal several emails, called constantly, and no one has returned my call.
I didn't know that they took him until they left my house and now there saying I can't get him back. Is there anything I can do to get my dog back?
A girl is falsely accusing me of abusing my dogs because she wants them. Can Animal Control just come in my house and take my babies?
We adopted a cat on Sep 2016. We also signed a contract that said we would fulfill his medical needs, and if for any reason we were not able to, they would help us take care of it. The manager of the adoption center had offered to take him to the vet since he was overdue. She finally came the other day and told us she would take him to his appointments. Two days passed by and she never returned him and she did not reply to our texts or emails.
My neighbor's dogs are being so badly neglected that they both look as if they haven't been bathed or groomed in several couples of months. Their fur is matted and dirty and they have dried up tears in their eyes. They have cobwebs and what not in their fur and one seems to be going through a bad case of hair loss.
Q: An adoptee is not returning a cat or our calls from the rescue. I found he falsified, and also did not follow rules regarding acclimating the cat. She's already escaped once and it's only been 10 days. They say they won't return her until they get another cat, but I fear for this cat's safety. What can I do?
My now Ex-boyfriend who was selling kittens gave me one before things ended. Now he is asking for the kitten back.
We decided to surrender both of our dogs to a local shelter this month. One of them has been adopted and one of them remains in the shelter. We are wondering if we can get him back through re-adoption.
I want to adopt a cat from a shelter because it is going to be euthanized soon, but I am willing to take care of it until I can find it a home.