(NE) Puppy mill foes are critical of bill that Nebraska agriculture chief supports

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/news/legislature/puppy-mill-foes-are-critical-of-bill-that-nebraska-agriculture/article_3599aeac-172a-5e79-a36d-da1ae97cd8a6.html

POSTED: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2015 1:15 AM
By Vanessa Daves / World-Herald Bureau

LINCOLN — Nebraska’s agriculture director, under fire from activists opposed to puppy mills, endorsed a legislative bill Tuesday that would allow state intervention in cases where dogs face extreme dangers to their health.

Greg Ibach, director of the Nebraska Department of Agriculture, said Legislative Bill 360 addresses some of the department’s concerns about the protection of animals in breeding operations.

“The proposed changes would allow the department to be more effective,” he said at a hearing before the Agriculture Committee.

At the same hearing, six representatives from Hearts United for Animals, a nonprofit dog rescue operation based in Auburn, spoke in opposition to the bill.

FULL story at link.

[femmocrat]

1. That breeder of Wheatons should be ashamed.

Dogs in puppy mills are already in "extreme danger"... because they are in puppy mills.