If you are looking for a way to make changes for animals today agency commenting is a great way to do it. “Comments” are essentially a detailed letter to a government agency concerning an upcoming agency action (for example, the issuance of a permit to import Polar Bears under the Marine Mammal Protection Act) in which you explain why the agency should or should not do something. This guide will give you an overview of how the agency decision-making process works, and why public participation is so important. It will also include a list of agencies that are currently accepting public comments on animal related issues.
Current Agency Actions that are Accepting Public Comments
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Pet Ownership for the Elderly and Persons With Disabilities
SUMMARY: This proposed rule would revise HUD's regulations that apply to pet ownership in HUD-assisted housing for the elderly and persons with disabilities by conforming the exceptions for animals that assist persons with disabilities to those that apply to HUD's public housing programs, as defined in section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act.
COMMENT DUE DATE: December 14, 2007.
