A few years back I came across an article about the Dollarhites in Missouri and their little bunny business. According to the article, the Dollarhites only started raising bunnies to teach their son responsibility. It was, at most, a small, casual business. In 2011, the Dollarhites were outraged to receive a notice of violation from […]
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Is the puppy mill fight over?
Good question: is the puppy mill fight over? Rabbit Ridge is still in business. It starved a dog to death, and it’s still in business. http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/where-did-missouri-s-puppy-mill…
Yes, some folks wanted to build a horse slaughterhouse here in Missouri. Let’s just say, folks here didn’t take kindly to the idea. The last horse slaughterhouses in the US closed several years ago, when the funding for horse slaugherhouse inspections was yanked from the USDA. Thanks to three Congressional representatives tacking an amendment on to […]
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Horse slaughter in Missouri
Not only is Missouri home to the largest number of puppy mills in the country, but there’s effort underway to open the nation’s first horse slaughterhouse here. The infamous Sue Wallis, who has been a leading advocate for bringing horse slaughter back to this country, first introduced the idea of converting a vacant warehouse into […]
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Debe Bell update: Guilty
Just a quick update, to finish out earlier stories on Debe Bell and the Six Bells Rabbitry. Debe Bell was found guilty of 35 counts of animal abuse. Surprisingly, some of the rabbits were hearty enough to survive, and once they were nursed back to health, they were readied for adoption through the Foothills Animal Shelter. […]