BurningbirdRecovered from the Wayback Machine. HSUS joined with the Dogwood Animal Shelter in Osage and Stray Rescue in St. Louis to file a lawsuit to block new fees for shelters. When the Animal Care Facilities Act was passed in the early 1990s, municipal pounds and shelters were exempt from paying fees. The reason why should be […]
I received a copy of recent Missouri Department of Agriculture inspection activity for Rabbit Ridge Kennels. To put everything in perspective, I created a timeline of inspection/violation that overlaps between the USDA/APHIS inspections and the Missouri Department of Agriculture (MDA) inspections. Sorry for the length of the writing: there are so many violations. Note that I didn’t have […]
Wayne Pacelle responded to the recent events with SB 161. Evidently the plan of the HSUS, Best Friends Society, and ASPCA is to focus on the Constitutional Amendment that protects citizen initiatives. The organizations also plan to monitor whether there is improvement for dogs in the puppy mills in Missouri. If there is no real improvement, the organizations […]
I see that Missouri Farmers Care has moved on from fighting for the puppy mills and is now fighting for genetically modified foods. I expect next we’ll see an article about the healthful benefits of CAFO manure lagoons. Governor Nixon signed SB 161. That’s all that’s happened. He signed a bill that gutted Proposition B. Oh, […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Word is now circulating that Governor Nixon signed SB 113. The will of the voters means little to the people in Jefferson City. Cruelty to dogs means even less. Update: Confirmation from Yael T. Abouhalkah from the Kansas City Star. Not to worry, claims Nixon in an oily move: The legislature has […]