Welcome to the
Missouri Alliance for Animal Legislation

Henry 2009 Face of the Alliance

Our Mission: The Missouri Alliance for Animal Legislation protects animals from abuse, neglect and exploitation by monitoring and facilitating the passage of animal welfare laws, thereby enhancing the quality of life for people and animals in Missouri. Our Position Statement expands on this mission by describing the Alliance's position on animal welfare in Missouri.

Animal Legislation The Missouri General Assembly adjourned on May 15, 2009. See End of Session Legislative Update for a summary of the 2009 legislative sesssion and 2009 Missouri Legislative Session for details about individual bills. Missouri government websites: Missouri House of Representatives Missouri Senate Lobby Day 2009 was a great success! Write your legislators about your concerns for animal welfare. To find your state legislators, enter your 9 digit zip code (xxxxx-xxxx) below and click the Find button. If you don't know your 9 digit zip code, use the Zip Code Lookup.

Puppy Mill Survivor of the Month “Amy Penelope Tater Tot” - Read my story Photo by Marian Brickner Archive of past month`s stories

News and Alerts

The summary of animal welfare issues in the 2009 Missouri Legislature is at End of Session Legislative Update.

Mardi Growl pictures are now online.

Operation Bark Alert was announced by Governor Nixon on April 9, 2009.

The Misery In Missouri 2009 art exhibit entitled "Lions & Tigers & Puppy Mills....oh, my!" is touring Missouri. See News for a brief description and the top ten winning art works. See Upcoming Events for the exhibit schedule.

Our new online store features products with the Alliance logo and the Misery in Missouri 2009 art exhibit winning entry.

"Henry" Voegtli is the 2009 Face of the Alliance.

We received more press coverage. See the video at Animal protection activists push for more laws on dog fighting

The 2008-2009 Winter Newsletter is now online.

Amy Wilson was named Volunteer of the Year.

View KMOV Channel 4's story on Missouri's Dangerous Exotic Animals and listen to KMOX story about Missouri's breeding facility inspections.

Our online store has tshirts for the Misery in Misery 2008/2009 art show.

State Auditor issues 2008 audit of the Department of Agriculture and the Animal Care Facilities Act Program. See Press Release and Audit.

Pet Friendly license plates are now available in Missouri.

Upcoming events:

• Wine Tasting on Monday, July 27, in Independence, MO.

• Poker For Pooches on Friday, August 7, in Olathe, KS.

• Missouri in Missouri art exhibit "Lions and Tigers and Puppy Mills, oh my!" in Washington, MO and St. Charles, MO. Purchase recption tickets online.

• Pool Paws for Humane Laws events in August and September in St. Charles, Kirkwood, Ferguson and O'Fallon

• Works Of Arf on December 6, 2009 in St. Charles

• More events

Sign up to receive our email alerts and other communications related to animal welfare in Missouri.