BurningbirdThe critters we love and the critters that deserve our love.
update As was pointed out to me tonight, there was a SB 795 passed last year, that removed the exemption for shelters from the fees collected. So not only is the Missouri Legislature protecting the puppy mill industry, it is deliberately doing everything in its power to add additional financial burden on to animal shelters and rescues—the […]
I’ve read a document going around that supposedly forms the primary arguments for SB 113. I’ll have more on this next week, after I gather together all the bits. One part of it quotes section 2 of the Missouri State Constitution Bill of Rights: Section 2. That all constitutional government is intended to promote the […]
The House Agriculture Committee will hold a public hearing on SB 113 & 95, Tuesday, March 29th, at 12:00pm. The location for the meeting is House Hearing Room 6. To repeat, this is a public hearing, which means all interested members of the public are invited to attend and testify.
I had thought that the representatives were no longer going to follow through on HB 131, but evidently it was taken up for Perfection today. Darn, I wanted to hear the debate. Luckily, Jason Rosenbaum did catch some audio of the testimony, and has posted an excerpt. In the audio, you’ll hear Representative Riddle spend her […]
sent as email this evening to Representative Jeanie Riddle, based on an audio recording from HB 131 debate Representative Riddle I listened with shock to your accusations of domestic terrorism against Wayne Pacelle, and in fact against anyone who is a strong supporter of Proposition B. I remind you that the citizen initiative process is part of our […]