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Rabbit Ridge: of Starving Dogs and Extreme Heat

The USDA has released a relatively complete set of inspections for Rabbit Ridge including the missing August 2nd inspection, as well as newer ones at the end of November. However, they did remove the inspection for November 29, but not before I got a copy (pages two, three, four, and five). Though the inspections state that the USDA APHIS inspector was accompanied by […]

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Rabbit Ridge: Recent Missouri Department of Agriculture Inspections

I just received the recent inspections for Rabbit Ridge from the Missouri Department of Agriculture. This joins with the recent USDA inspections. As you can see, the MDA has had to do three inspections since April. The MDA also found problems at Rabbit Ridge—some very significant, such as dog with mats, hair loss, and wounds on his feet. […]

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Rabbit Ridge: Same Old Bad Tricks

Updated It’s been some time since we checked into our first Kennel Campaign kennel, Rabbit Ridge. Too long, it seems. An August 4th inspection in the USDA APHIS database provides the following rather alarming information (complete inspection report): There is a hutch style enclosure on the east side of the facility that did not have […]

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Senator Munzlinger responds about Rabbit Ridge

A fellow Missourian, Taunia Adams, emailed Senator Munzlinger, the state Senator for the Rabbit Ridge kennel district, about the kennel. Following in his response to her: You are right in assuming that I do not advocate for animal cruelty. I read this blog post and did some investigating. I spoke with the Director’s office at […]