LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – Drastic cases of animal abuse. Animal advocates say they continue to be a huge problem in Nevada.
This weekend, the Animal Foundation took in Tallulah, a 7-month-old puppy severely malnourished and emaciated. She only weighed 14.8 pounds when she was picked up as a stray on Sunday in West Las Vegas with open sores on her hips and wounds on her ears. They say she came in very cold but they warmed her up, fed her, and got her vet care. She’s now out of the shelter being cared for by the Vegas Pet Rescue.
They have paid more than $4,000 so far for her vet bills and are raising money for her care.
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“It’s always devastating to see it…I really had no words other than just to try to comfort her. She’s not my first case like this,” shared Samantha Curtis a volunteer with Vegas Pet Rescue Project now caring for Tullulah. Animal rescue groups say more needs to be done to stop animal abuse in Nevada.
Wednesday, state lawmakers heard one proposal. AB136 would require pet-related businesses, places like pet stores or boarding facilities, to post a notice with contact information/the phone number for local animal control making abuse easier to report.
“A lot of times, people who encounter a situation, they don’t always know who to contact and they will not contact the authorities. That’s an unfortunate situation because there’s not always justice when there should be in a case,” reported Gina Grisen with Nevada Voters for Animals. Supporters of AB136 say when people see animal abuse often, they share concerns online on social media. Authorities don’t see it and cases don’t actually get reported.
“That’s the hard part. People go to the news. They post on social media, but they don’t go to the authorities,” Grisen explained. Grisen recalls the case of Mora and a boarding facility in Las Vegas where the owner was charged felony animal cruelty after the death two dogs. Grisen claims other dogs died at the facility and the owners never notified authorities.
“It wasn’t just Mora and the other dog I was able to pull…There were four other dogs that died in those six months, and those owners did not know who to contact,” Grisen stated. The goal of the new bill would be to increase public awareness of how to report animal mistreatment directly to law enforcement making all facilities that care for animals post the information; however, there is opposition.
“On the surface, the bill does seem to make sense. Nobody wants to see any animal mistreated…but there are many issues to consider here. For example, the general public doesn’t always know what’s appropriate for all animals,” said a caller during public comment.
Pet-related businesses would be responsible for printing their own signs with the phone number for animal control and posting it near animal enclosures.
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A recent Review-Journal letter to the editor mischaracterized Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto’s Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act, also known as the Clark County Lands bill. As the former executive director of the Nevada Conservation League, I wholeheartedly support this legislation, so I wanted to set the record straight.
Sen. Cortez Masto has been working on this bill for years in partnership with state and local governments, conservation groups like the NCL and local area tribes. It’s true that the Clark County lands bill would open 25,000 acres to help Las Vegas grow responsibly, while setting aside 2 million acres for conservation. It would also help create more affordable housing throughout the valley while ensuring our treasured public spaces can be preserved for generations to come.
What is not correct is that the money from these land sales would go to the federal government’s coffers. In fact, the opposite is true.
The 1998 Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act is a landmark bill that identified specific public land for future sale and created a special account ensuring all land sale revenues would come back to Nevada. In accordance with that law 5 percent of revenue from land transfers goes to the state of Nevada for general education purposes, 10 percent goes to the Southern Nevada Water Authority for needed water infrastructure and 85 percent supports conservation and environmental mitigation projects in Southern Nevada. This legislation has provided billions to Clark County and will continue to benefit generations of Southern Nevadans. Sen. Cortez Masto’s lands bill builds upon the act’s success.
So here’s the good news: All of the money generated from land made available for sale under Sen. Cortez Masto’s bill would be sent to the special account created by the 1998 law. Rather than going to an unaccountable federal government, the proceeds would continue to help kids in Vegas get a better education, bolster outdoor recreation and modernize Southern Nevada’s infrastructure.
I know how important it is that money generated from the sale of public land in Nevada stay in the hands of Nevadans, and so does the senator. That’s why she opposed a Republican effort last year to sell off 200,000 acres of land in Clark County and other areas of the country that would have sent those dollars directly to Washington.
Public land management in Nevada should benefit Nevadans. We should protect sacred cultural sites and beloved recreation spaces, responsibly transfer land for affordable housing when needed and ensure our state has the resources it needs to grow sustainably. I will continue working with Sen. Cortez Masto to advocate for legislation, such as the Clark County lands bill, that puts the needs of Nevadans first.
Paul Selberg writes from Las Vegas.
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Las Vegas High’s baseball team claimed a 3-2 home win over Coronado on Friday.
Las Vegas (9-13-1) next hosts Rancho at 10 a.m. Saturday. Coronado (13-14) hosts Chaparral at 3:30 p.m. Monday.
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LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Nevada’s jobless rate is holding steady, but the state is still adding jobs.
A new report from DETR shows February’s unemployment rate unchanged at 5.3 percent, with the labor force growing by nearly 3,800 people.
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Nevada now has about 1.6 million nonfarm jobs, up 2.2 percent over the past year and 1,500 more jobs than in January.
“This month’s report shows a strengthening labor market,” said David Schmidt, Chief Economist. ”Compared to the report for January, the pace of job gains in the past year increased from 1.9% to 2.2%, building on what was already the fastest pace of job growth in the country. While the unemployment rate remained stable, the labor force participation rate rose to 63.7%, 1.7 percentage points higher than the national level.”
In Las Vegas, employment ticked up by 1,100 jobs in February, about 0.1 percent, and is up more than 25,000 jobs compared to last year.
Reno added 1,000 jobs on the month, while Carson City shed about 200 but is still slightly above where it was a year ago.
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