What can I legally do if my husband, that I am going through divorce from, stole two of my dogs that are both microchipped and one of them is my actual emotional support animal for my PTSD from the death of my baby. What are my legal rights? I know where he lives now. He is completely ignoring me. It is causing me extreme emotional distress and he is well aware.
I gave my daughter my dog a couple years ago. They have always been around each other and she lives alone and is always out and about in a not so good part of town, often by herself. My dog is a sort of intimidating dog from his size alone. He's a yellow Lab/white Shepard mix. I felt he would be a good detterant protection for her. A couple years went by and no problems. She was good to him. Took him to vet appointments regularly, kept him fed and watered and in general good living conditions. She allowed me to take him in May of this year, out for a few hours without her. He went from 80 pounds to under 40 when I saw him recently. Is this grounds for me to take him back? He was also matted from sleeping on urine soaked bedding. What can I do?
I never signed a foster agreement, but I was fostering 4 cats that we got when they were 3 weeks old. They are now 14 weeks old. We fell in love and decided we would adopt 3 of them. The last kitten never got adopted and we adjusted our lives to accommodate the last cat. The organization went radio silent. And now they are threatening me because we decided to keep the last cat. I have two questions. Do I legally have to pay the adoption fees? What is my legal right to ignore this organization?
A friend of mine has a service animal, that is a registered service animal, and when he separated from his abusive (mentally and physically) ex-wife she withheld his service animal from him. What can he do under law to get his service animal back?
What can I do if a Pit Bull kills or bites another little puppy in our neighborhood? No one seems to do anything about it, but it's a danger to our community.
Where can I find a pro bono lawyer to help me retrieve my dogs when they were taken September 2024, and I couldn't figure out what wrong animal control did until April 21st 2025. I need a lawyer to help me with this what are my options?
My sister-in-law happened to find a cat that was in need of help and brought him to an animal shelter. The animal shelter told her that they were full and wanted to make her into a foster, but she didn't want to become a fostering agent with them and refused. The shelter is now blasting her and her 13 year old daughter on social media for inquiring for help and refusing to become one of their fosters. Is there a tax advantage or legal reason the animal shelter would attempt to force her into becoming a foster agent? What kind of authority besides the state police (we've already reported for defamation and harassment) for animal rescues can we provide this information to, to help prevent this happening from other people?
My daughter‘s friend asked if we would take care of his Dalmation for a week or two but now it’s over three months. With paid for vet bills for shots and ear infections and a UTI, but they were through Banfield Hospital at PetSmart and we did it under his name. We have not heard from him in over a month and we are very attached to the Dalmation. What do we have to do to make this dog ours?
I am part of a 501 c3 that placed a nursing mom and 5 kittens into foster in Fairfax county Virginia. Unfortunately we didn’t have a foster agreement signed; she completed a foster interview, have numerous text messages going back and forth, and was regularly reimbursed for food. She even applied to adopt one of the kittens. Now she is refusing to return any of the cats and kittens. Do you know if we have any legal standing?
My dog ran out of the house and attacked another dog that was walking down the road. The other dog was not on a leash and ran from it's owner. Can I be held liable?