12May
We want to share some very kind words that were included in Pet Business' review of this year's Top2Top. Please visit their site--petbusiness.com--to read the entire article.
News & Media
12May
After attending last week’s Pet Industry Top2Top Conference, hosted by the Pet Industry Advisory Council (PIJAC) in Napa, Calif., I came away quite impressed on a couple of different levels.
09May
Top News - Action Required
California (San Diego). On May 2, 2013 the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee voted 4-0 to send to the San Diego City Council a proposed ordinance...
09May
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PIJAC Launches New Advocacy Website
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC) is pleased to announce the launch of their new, advocacy-based website. The interactive website...
16Apr
Top News – Action Required
California. Assembly Bill 339 would make it a crime to: 1) sell or give away a live animal during swap meets; or 2) display an...
04Apr
PIJAC, the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council, issued a call to action on April 3rd, 2013, for everyone involved in the aquarium industry and hobby to submit public commentary in response to the NOAA Proposal to list 66 CORAL Species on the Endangered Species Act (ESA) as we first reported late November, 2012.
04Apr
PIJAC, the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council, issued a call to action on April 3rd, 2013, for everyone involved in the aquarium industry and hobby to submit public commentary in response to the NOAA Proposal to list 66 CORAL Species on the Endangered Species Act (ESA) as we first reported late November, 2012.
01Apr
The Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC) is hard at work advancing the interests of pet professionals. In addition to revamping our legislative communications, we are redesigning our website for easier use, creating issue-specific committees and launching a program to highlight socially responsible companies that give back to pets in need.
28Mar
Top News - Action Required
On February 25th , the National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) published a Notice in the Federal Register extending the time to submit...
27Mar
When the Rhode Island General Assembly passed a bill in the 2012 legislative session that imposed a new tax, effective Oct. 1, 2012 — a 7 percent tax to be exact — on various pet services, that’s exactly what happened. Dogs, pet parents and business owners suffered the teeth marks from a legislature that wanted to take a bite out of a small-busi- ness sector that could not adequately defend itself.