Today the EPA released a comment on the State Department’s draft report on the Keystone XL Pipeline. The conclusion states: Based on our review, we have rated the DSEIS as E0-2 (“Environmental Objections-Insufficient Information”) (see enclosed “Summary of Rating Defmitions and Follow-up Actions”). Environmental Objections is defined as: The EPA reyiew has identified significant environmental […]
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The Dollarhite Saga
OK, this one baffles me. The USDA sent a letter to the Dollarhites letting them off the hook for any and all fines, as long as the Dollarhites refrain from breeding animals for sale as pets. The Dollarhites got out of the baby bunny business in 2010, so this shouldn’t be a problem. They won’t have to […]
update There’s an update to the story at the end. John Dollarhite is a breeder located in Nixa, Missouri. Between April of 2008 and December of 2009, Dollarhite sold 619 animals in 56 separate transactions to two different pet stores. Large volume sales of pets require that the breeder be licensed with the USDA. By being […]
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Nixon’s Agreement
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.
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Deep analysis
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 […]