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Originally Posted by Doodlebop  The first video of the nasty conditions and untreated dogs,, That man is out of Business..
He should have faced charges for the dogs being left untreated for medical conditions..
The pet shops buying from out of state puppy mills, how does this law affect them?
All of the videos and the puppy mill busts in Indiana, are USDA certified suppliers and brokers. I agree that the USDA is not doing a great job. They need help.. These mills need to to be shut down or cleaned up. These people are already tracked, so it would be pretty easy to pass or approve of an enforcement team, to go an enforce existing laws and add harsher penalties that MUST be enforced as pertaining to animal cruelty.
This bill goes way beyond affecting only puppy millers and needs to be rewritten so it does what it says... Shuts down puppy millers that are cruel to their animals... |
Unfortunately you can't write a bill, that says "shuts down puppy millers that are cruel to thier animals". When a bill is written, much of it is a definition of words, what is a "commercial kennel" for example. Then the bill has to write how the facility must operate, in other words, how the dogs are treated and how much exercise they are given, and the size of the cage. The idea behind it is that while no facility will necessarily be shut down, they will comply with state laws, and in doing so, the dogs will live in humane conditions and the term puppy mill will no longer be adequate, that's how you legally "shut down puppy millers."