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‘How I became first an animal lover and second a politician’ – U.S....
U.S. Congressman Sam Farr in action on the floor of Congress / Photo: Congressman Sam Farr While covering The Humane Society of the United States Taking Action for Animals (TAFA) conference recently,...
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Missouri breeds 30% of puppies sold in U.S. pet stores, says farm bureau
Animal welfare groups allege that dogs are neglected and abused by Missouri’s large-scale commercial dog breeders / Photo: Yes on Prop B By Katerina Lorenzatos Makris “Puppy mill capital of America,”...
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More than 5,500 dogs seized from Missouri breeders since start of ‘Operation...
Raid on a commercial dog breeder (not necessarily in Missouri) / Photo: HSUS video By Katerina Lorenzatos Makris The fact that the Missouri Department of Agriculture has confiscated thousands of dogs...
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Law would have required better care for dogs than for children, says farm bureau
Animal protection groups say large-scale commercial breeders neglect and abuse dogs / Photo: The Humane Society of the United States video (photo not necessarily from Missouri) By Katerina Lorenzatos...
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‘These guys are good—we don’t like them, but they are good at what they do’:...
Animal welfare groups say Missouri’s large-scale commercial breeders often severely neglect the tens of thousands of dogs used to create about a million puppies per year to be sold in pet stores /...
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‘Mutts’ comic strip characters helped pass a law to regulate dog breeders
One of neglected dogs removed from a Missouri breeder by authorities and The Humane Society of the United States / Photo: HSUS video By Katerina Lorenzatos Makris Some of the most powerful opponents of...
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Lobbyists to ‘pay the price’ for helping animal welfare groups in Missouri
Missouri demonstrators on the issue of Prop B, the “Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act,” passed by voters but then replaced by Gov. Jay Nixon with a less stringent law / Photo: Missouri Farm Bureau and...
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Want to defeat an animal protection law? Tea Party might help
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) found that in some of Missouri’s puppy mills–the ‘Dirty Dozen– violations included ‘sick or dying puppies who had not been treated by a veterinarian; dogs...
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Rescued Jack Russell pups don’t know they’re blind: Watch them play
Blind Jack Russell pups were dumped at vet’s to be euthanized.Photo: Achaic Society for the Care of Animals Although Anastasia Aravantinou works full-time in her job as Western Greece district manager...
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Puppy importer brings in ‘defective’ animals, then leaves them at vet’s to be...
‘Defective’ merchandise: blind Jack Russell pups abandoned at vet’s to be killed. / Photo: Achaic Society for the Care of Animals An individual who imports puppies—perhaps from Hungary where there are...
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