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 […]