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Current Indiana News
Senate panel OKs 'puppy mill' measure
Indianapolis Star - Mar 31, 2009
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.
Local shelter presses state for stricter animal cruelty rules
Evening News and Tribune - Mar 25, 2009
According to a study touted by the US Humane Society, 83 percent of Indiana voters surveyed favor the stiffened puppy mill bill.
‘Puppy-mill’ bill could boost tax collections
Indianapolis Business Journal - Mar 24, 2009
Legislation that would stiffen Indiana’s animal-cruelty laws and more closely regulate dog-breeding operations commonly known as puppy mills could produce millions of dollars in new tax revenue from unregistered breeders, according to the author of the bill.
House Committee Holds Hearing on Puppy Mill Bill
WIBC - Mar 24, 2009
A recent piece of state legislation tagged the “Puppy Mill Bill” takes aim at animal cruelty and commercial dog breeders by increasing standards for animal care, along with penalties for violating those standards.
Determining the future of Indiana's puppy mills
Times - Mar 11, 2009
After the dog's wounds were healed, she went to a rescue organization. She was treated for Sarcoptic Mange, open wounds, and eye abrasions. She had been debarked, a procedure in which vocal cords are severed either with scissors or by ramming a metal pipe down their throat to prevent them from barking. Some puppy millers who have hundreds of dogs on their property don't want neighbors to know so many of them will perform this procedure, often without anesthetic.
Humane officers say there are ways to tell if you're buying from a puppy mill
WSBT-TV - Mar 11, 2009
When you're trying to determine how to tell the difference between a responsible breeder and a puppy mill, experts say it comes down to opinion.
Breeders skeptical of animal cruelty law
Indiana Daily Student - Mar 11, 2009
Area dog breeders and pet owners alike are concerned about the proposition of a new bill aimed at reducing animal cruelty.
Puppy Mill? Woman claims her sick dog came from same Elkhart Co. breeder
WSBT-TV - Mar 9, 2009
The woman said the breeder told her he raised Meanie on his farm. But she said she later found out he bought the puppy from someone else for $800, then sold it to her for $1,800.
IN Lawmakers Crack Down on Animal Cruelty and Puppy Mills
WTVW, IN - Feb 22, 2009
The Humane Society of the United States applauds the Indiana House of Representatives for passing an anti-animal cruelty bill yesterday, by a bipartisan ...
Bill to crack down on 'puppy mills' passes Indiana House
Greenfield Daily Reporter, USA - Feb 20, 2009
AP INDIANAPOLIS — A pug with a missing eye. A shih tzu with fur so matted that it cut into its leg, which had to be amputated. A poodle that underwent a ...
House To Vote On Puppy Mill Bill
MyWabashValley, IN - Feb 10, 2009
The Indiana House will decide on Bill 1468, which puts a cap on the number of dogs that can be kept at one facility. The pending bill requires dogs used for ...
Anti-puppy mill bill up for vote in legislature Friday
Terre Haute Tribune Star, IN - Feb 18, 2009
Some Indiana puppy mills have over 700 breeding dogs who live their entire lives in cramped cages and are bred at every heat cycle. ...
Hoosiers lobby for animal rights in Indianapolis
WTHI, IN - Feb 10, 2009
Last October, a puppy mill was raided in Sullivan County. Veteraniarian Miacheal Staub saw it first hand. "They had pens that were elevated off the ground ...
Hoosiers head to the state house to lobby for animal rights
WTHI, IN - Feb 9, 2009
Back in October, dozens of animals were rescued from a puppy mill in Sullivan County, Indiana. Then just this month piles of animals found dead in Greene .. |
