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Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom  This is a very interesting article called Inspecting The Inspections - it's about the USDA's kennel inspections. Very disappointing. I found this passage of particular interest: You've heard the expression "A
license to kill"? Being a USDA breeder
or broker is "A license to abuse". If you
or I tie a dog out back and starve it to
death, we have violated state and/or
local laws that protect animals from
abuse and neglect. If a USDA licensed
facility does the same thing, they have
violated the 'rules and regulations', not
the law.
Here is the article: http://www.igsafehouse.org/livestock.../LSReport5.pdf |
I don't think that being a USDA licensed breeder protects you from state anti-cruelty laws. The state criminal laws can still be enforced against them. The USDA law won't pre-empt the state law. Now, the prosecutor might not prosecute for whatever reason-- good or bad-- but I don't see a reason why they could not if they decided to pursue it.