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The Reality of HB 131 – Part 2

Earlier I provided a comparison between Proposition B and the tattered results after it’s hacked apart by HB 131. Since then, several modifications were made to the original HB 131. As you’ll see, the bill is no longer about puppy mills, and really doesn’t have any new requirements, or enforceability. It does increase the upper fee limit […]

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Critters People

Fox News interviews with Jason Smith

Fox News has done an outstanding job questioning Jason Smith on his mother’s kennel and his legislative efforts—both to rip apart Proposition B, and the Constitutional amendment prohibiting any citizen initiative about animals. Part 1 is focused primarily on Smith’s mother’s kennel and the perceived conflict of interest. The second part is focused on the Constitutional Amendment. Smith […]

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Critters

Committee text for HB 131

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. The agriculture committee has published the committee version of HB 131. It differs from the introduced text, so I need to update my “reality of HB 131”. Right now, though, I’m so peeved at the deception and the dishonesty inherent in this bill that I need to take a break. In […]

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Critters

We need solutions before the dogs are dying

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Friday, the Humane Society of Missouri participated with the Missouri Department of Agriculture and the Stone County Sheriff’s office to rescue 74 dogs from a licensed breeder. The kennel is named Knee Deep in Collies, a harmless sounding name. You can see from the kennel’s web site (static capture before site was taken […]

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Critters

Veterinarian Care

The USDA APHIS regulations and the ACFA regulations for veterinarian care are identical in everything except for some minor bookkeeping differences. To save space, I’m only duplicating the text from the Missouri Department of Agriculture ACFA regulations. (8) Attending Veterinarian and Adequate Veterinary Care. (A) Each licensee shall have an attending veterinarian who shall provide […]