Lawmakers and animal welfare advocates say California must address “disturbing” findings in a Los Angeles Times investigation into the state’s lucrative underground puppy resale market, and called on state officials to end the practice of destroying crucial pet import records. State Senate Judiciary Chair Sen. Tom Umberg said he was “appalled” by what the investigation exposed about California’s puppy trade. …
To the editor: Thirty years ago I investigated puppy mills in Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma for the Humane Society of the United States. It’s time for a national referendum to outlaw puppy mills. To the editor: Thanks to the L.A. Times for the excellent investigative report on puppy mills. This article illustrates not only the cruelty and pain these …
Blaring music drowned out the barking, but there was no masking the neglect inside the sweltering Riverside County garage. “Might be a puppy mill.” Several years before Lemon died, complaints from buyers with sick dogs led investigators with the L.A. County district attorney’s office to serve a search warrant at Matthews’ Norco home. The website for Bay Area Corgis in …
In contrast to many other regulations concerning animals, the legal framework concerning commercial dog breeding in India is highly elaborate and encompasses a thorough perspective on the matter. She further mentioned that dog breeding cases in India are less registered in number as these breeders are mafias, they threaten complainants, and despite having an illegal and unlicensed breeding industry fewer …
Democrats in the US Senate are pushing to have a Puppy Protection Act passed in the US Senate for stricter oversight of puppy mills amid a pandemic-fueled increase in pet adoptions, reports Bloomberg. “As many Americans welcomed a dog into their family during the pandemic, we must ensure that the demand for pets is met with a commitment from breeders …