MAGGIE: the dog who changed my life

MAGGIE: the dog who changed my life
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Showing posts with label commercial breeding facilities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label commercial breeding facilities. Show all posts

Monday, April 11, 2011

Why is the USDA Bending Over Backwards to Accommodate Our Nation’s Puppy Mills?

Main Line Animal Rescue (MLAR) continues to educate the public to the terrible plight of dogs confined to our country's large-scale commercial dog breeding facilities -- puppy mills. This is why I continue to donate portions of my book's proceeds to their cause. The following information comes from their anti-puppy mill campaign:
 
"In 2010, the Office of the Inspector General released the results of their audit on the USDA. What they found will shock and disgust you. 

While the USDA (APHIS) is charged with protecting dogs in commercial breeding kennels and broker facilities, in case after case, the federal agency has failed to enforce our laws and has allowed untold dogs to suffer while protecting the very people who abuse them. 

We urge you to read the report, look at the photographs, then contact your representatives in Congress and demand that they take action to ensure the USDA is enforcing our laws to the fullest extent."

Please go to the site below to read MLAR's full story and be sure to click on their bus photo that MLAR wrapped in order to "raise public awareness and to cast a light on the inability of some APHIS employees to properly protect these dogs":

Breeding Contempt | Why is the USDA Bending Over Backwards to Accommodate Our Nation’s Puppy Mills?

Monday, June 22, 2009

The Commercial Breeder Act Passed in Tennessee

Taken from ASPCA

"TN SB 258/HB 386—The Commercial Breeder Act
Sponsor(s): Senator Doug Jackson / Rep. Janis Sontany, Rep. Debra Maggart
ASPCA Position: Support ...

Update—June 19, 2009: Great news, Tennessee! This week, SB 258/HB 386 passed the Tennessee General Assembly nearly unanimously! The new law will be called the Commercial Breeder Act, and it goes into effect January 1, 2010.

After three recent, large-scale puppy mill busts in Tennessee (the ASPCA was the lead agency on one of them), it was clear that the state needed new legislation to address the humane care of dogs and cats living in commercial breeding facilities.

The newly passed Commercial Breeder Act is humane legislation that will also protect consumers. It mandates the creation of a licensing and regulatory program to ensure that humane standards of care are met for dogs and cats in commercial breeding operations where 20 or more breeding female dogs or cats are kept and used to produce offspring for sale to the public. The act requires breeding facilities to keep proper records, obtain licenses and submit to annual inspections. It also requires breeders to operate as legitimate businesses by complying with state sales tax rules.

Kudos to the members of the Tennessee General Assembly for taking this issue seriously and for passing legislation that will protect both consumers and animals from unethical and inhumane breeding practices. The next step for this legislation is the governor’s desk!

... Thank you, Tennessee—together, we made a difference!"

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Dawn Kairns
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