Congressional reaction to the damning USDA puppy mill inspections report:
In response to a scathing report by the USDA Inspector General (IG), critical of the government’s handling of puppy mill investigations, Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Senator David Vitter (R-LA) today called for immediate changes at the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s (APHIS) and promised to work with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on administrative and legislative reforms.
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Durbin had been working for some time to address the sales of animals over the internet and today introduced legislation to close the internet loophole puppy mills are currently exploiting. Durbin’s bill, the Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act, would require all breeders that sell more than 50 dogs a year to be licensed and to undergo inspections to ensure dogs are receiving proper care. USDA played a role in developing the legislation and has endorsed the approach. Senator Vitter is the bill’s lead cosponsor.
Animal advocates lodge complaints against the shelter in Columbus Co, NC
A dairy farmer speaks out against the tendency of some to paint the entire dairy business as cruel in response to the actions of a few bad apples.
The owner of the “pet” chimpanzee who mauled a CT woman in February 2009 has died.
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I’m not good at cat breeds – Is this a Bengal kitty?
Cool tiger photo from Six Flags