Source: ASPCA Golden Retriever #142 didn’t have a warm bed, fresh food and water, or veterinary care when she needed it. She didn’t even have a name—but we call her Goldie. Goldie was raised in a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)-licensed puppy mill in Iowa, one of hundreds of dogs living in similarly horrific conditions. She […]
Source: Iowa Capital Dispatch | Clark Kauffman A Wayne County puppy mill operator has agreed to surrender his remaining 513 dogs and could soon be permanently barred from engaging in any federally licensed animal-welfare activities. Court records indicate Daniel Gingerich of Maple Hill Puppies and lawyers for the U.S. Department of Justice have reached a […]
Source: JAMA Network Key Points Question Are pet store puppies a source of extensively drug-resistant Campylobacter jejuni infection in the US? Findings This survey study identified 168 cases from public health reports of Campylobacter infections with an epidemiologic or molecular link to pet store puppies from 2011 to 2020; 97% of patients reported contact with a dog, of whom 88% reported […]
Source: Lancaster Online | TY LOHR | Digital Staff Daniel Esh isn’t a lawyer, but the 61-year-old has been in courtrooms long enough to understand the system. The Ronks dairy farmer has been finding loopholes in Pennsylvania’s dog laws for at least 25 years, including changing the name of kennels after animal abuse violations and having a lawyer plead with a judge for a religious exemption for the number of dogs he could legally own […]
Source: Lancaster Online | Staff A total of 17 dogs were rescued from a Lancaster County breeder by the Pennsylvania SPCA. The dogs – a French bulldog, seven adult English bulldogs, a Newfoundland, a dachshund with three puppies and an English Bulldog with three puppies – were taken by the SPCA’s Humane Law Enforcement team […]
Source: Lancaster Online | Editorial Board THE ISSUE As LNP | LancasterOnline’s Erik Yabor wrote in the Sunday edition, Libre’s Law — enacted in 2017 — gave humane law enforcement officers more power in conducting surprise visits like the one that led to animal cruelty charges against a Ronks family June 4. That was the assessment of Nicole […]
Chicago Residents! Please call these Aldermen listed below and ask for a YES vote on Alderman Hopkin’s ordinance. This ordinance is SO2020-2827 and is a substitute ordinance as amended amending Municipal Code Chapter 4-384 to prohibit retail sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits. This will prohibit the sale of puppy mill dogs in Chicago. Council Members […]
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/476562-maryland-officially-bans-pet-stores-from-selling-dogs-from-puppy-mills?fbclid=IwAR27HpUYGALcW87unT4GYeqM5pErMUJnD2yMD5CjMM23RltPvvCQkSSku68
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/12/18/puppies-may-be-behind-outbreak-thats-sickened-people-states-officials-say/
Source: The Humane Society of the United States | Press Release The Humane Society of the United States releases seventh annual Horrible Hundred report Many problem puppy mills have links to the AKC, Petland or PuppyFind.com May 14, 2019—For the seventh year in a row, the Humane Society of the United States has published a […]
Source: Kiity Block Blog It is a cruel irony when an organization that touts itself as a champion of dogs works behind closed doors to oppose a wide range of animal welfare bills, including those advanced to crack down on cruel puppy mills. But that is exactly what the American Kennel Club has been doing for years, […]
October 07, 2013 Attorney General Kathleen Kane Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General 16th Floor, Strawberry Square Harrisburg PA 17120 RE: ENFORCEMENT OF PA’S DOG LAW/AUDITOR GENERAL’S REPORT Dear Attorney General Kane: United Against Puppy Mills, Pennsylvania’s largest 501(c)(3) not-for-profit group advocating on behalf of the mill dogs, has reviewed Auditor General Eugene DePasquale’s recent […]
For years, UAPM has pointed out the Bureau of Dog Law’s failure to enforce its own regulations. In “A Special Performance Audit of the Department of Agriculture Dog Law Program”, Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene A. DePasquale makes it abundantly clear that from 2008 through 2013 (covering 4 years of the Rendell administration and 2 years of […]
