New Puppymill Bill In Indiana

A watered down version has passed out of Senate committee &
hopefully the House will add these provisions back into the Bill.

Why would Dog Breeders object to sanitary conditions & the 1hr exercise
requirements? Seems to be the Vets are at odds with the Breeders.:rolleyes:




Ind. Senate panel pass puppy mills bill
Updated: Tuesday, 31 Mar 2009, 1:06 PM EDT
Published : Tuesday, 31 Mar 2009, 1:04 PM EDT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - An Indiana Senate committee has advanced a bill to regulate large-scale dog breeding operations in the state, but some want stricter requirements on breeders.

The committee changed a House-passed bill on Tuesday to eliminate specific care standards, such as sanitary conditions and an hour of exercise a day for dogs. Instead, dog breeders would fall under certain regulations from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Dog breeders told lawmakers they approved of the change and supported the regulation. But several veterinarians and others said the USDA standards were made for livestock and are not fit for dogs.

The bill could undergo more changes as the GOP-controlled Senate and Democratic-led House try to reach a compromise.


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Originally Posted by lizbud

Why would Dog Breeders object to sanitary conditions & the 1hr exercise requirements? Seems to be the Vets are at odds with the Breeders.:rolleyes:

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Why would they object? Because they don't care about the animals. They care about the money, and ONLY the money. It takes effort and costs money to take a dog out of its tiny wire cage and actually clean it, and let the dog out for an hours.

I would HOPE the vets are at odds with the breeders! The vets are absolutely right - USDA "regulations" mean NOTHING when it comes to puppy mills. All puppy mills are already under the jurisdiction of the USDA, operating within its guidelines. It's a joke.

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Originally Posted by Twisterdog

Why would they object? Because they don't care about the animals. They care about the money, and ONLY the money. It takes effort and costs money to take a dog out of its tiny wire cage and actually clean it, and let the dog out for an hours.

I would HOPE the vets are at odds with the breeders! The vets are absolutely right - USDA "regulations" mean NOTHING when it comes to puppy mills. All puppy mills are already under the jurisdiction of the USDA, operating within its guidelines. It's a joke.

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You are right. The dog breeders group is a powerful lobby($$$) & I hope
they don't get their way on this. The only lobby for the dogs is regular
people, like you & I.

I'm disappointed they couldn't get a 20 dog limit on breeding females, but
glad for the new regulations.




Ind. Senate OKs dog breeding bill
By Bill Ruthhart
Posted: April 7, 2009 The Indiana Senate this afternoon overwhelmingly passed legislation that would regulate commercial dog breeders.

The Senate voted 46-3 to pass House Bill 1468. The bill toughens the state's animal cruelty laws and would require all commercial breeders to register with the state and be subject to annual inspections.


Under the legislation, a commercial breeder is defined as anyone with 20 or more female dogs that are one year of age and not spayed. The bill would require such breeders to pay annual fees to help fund state inspections.

Unlike the House version of the bill, the Senate did not approve a cap on the number of dogs an owner could breed. The House bill called for a limit of 30 breeding females while the Senate version of the legislation has no cap.

HB 1468 now likely is headed to a conference committee where members of each chamber will work to reach a compromise.

In case someone doesn't see the need for laws to protect dogs
in the "puppy farms"across the country. Do you know what laws your
state has? Does your state have breeder requirements?

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dl...=2009904050384