BurningbirdSusan Redden in the Joplin Globe on Governor Nixon’s “solution”: I can only imagine how the lawmakers must feel after passing legislation and then seeing the governor turn around and propose his own plan. They must feel like the voters who passed Proposition B.
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Governor Nixon just came out with an “agreement” supposedly between animal welfare people and the agricultural groups. Press release Letter of Agreement (PDF) Legislative Text (PDF) I’ll have more to say on these later.
I listened to, and recorded, the “debate” on SB 113 in the House today. First, my thanks for those brave souls who suffered the indignities heaped on them by Representative Loehner, aided and abetted by Tilley. I’ll have the folks’ names as soon as I can decipher who said what from the recording. I’ll also […]
A sad reminder of why the lax laws—at both the federal and state level—need to change: The USDA has taken an Iowa breeder to court for unpaid fines. That’s about all the USDA can do, too—that and revoke the license. This breeder has been repeatedly cited for filthy conditions and dogs that were desperately in need […]
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 […]