Fox News has done an outstanding job questioning Jason Smith on his mother’s kennel and his legislative efforts—both to rip apart Proposition B, and the Constitutional amendment prohibiting any citizen initiative about animals. Part 1 is focused primarily on Smith’s mother’s kennel and the perceived conflict of interest. The second part is focused on the Constitutional Amendment. Smith […]
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Committee text for HB 131
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. The agriculture committee has published the committee version of HB 131. It differs from the introduced text, so I need to update my “reality of HB 131”. Right now, though, I’m so peeved at the deception and the dishonesty inherent in this bill that I need to take a break. In […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Friday, the Humane Society of Missouri participated with the Missouri Department of Agriculture and the Stone County Sheriff’s office to rescue 74 dogs from a licensed breeder. The kennel is named Knee Deep in Collies, a harmless sounding name. You can see from the kennel’s web site (static capture before site was taken […]
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Veterinarian Care
The USDA APHIS regulations and the ACFA regulations for veterinarian care are identical in everything except for some minor bookkeeping differences. To save space, I’m only duplicating the text from the Missouri Department of Agriculture ACFA regulations. (8) Attending Veterinarian and Adequate Veterinary Care. (A) Each licensee shall have an attending veterinarian who shall provide […]
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Proposition B: Comparing old laws to new
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. A major source of criticism of Proposition B, the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act—both before and after the election—is that the new laws aren’t needed, and that all we need is better enforcement. We’ve also been told that Proposition B penalizes “good breeders” who do meet current laws, and does […]