New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Signs Law Enabling Local Regulation Of Puppy Mills

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Source: Huffington Post



Last Friday marked a big step forward for New York state's animal rights activists, as well as dog-lovers everywhere.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed a bill that enables local municipalities to enact and enforce their own laws governing commercial dog breeding facilities known as puppy mills -- and to crack down on breeders harder than the state ever has before, according to the Buffalo News.

"Inadequate state resources previously made it impossible to detect unlicensed dog breeders who intentionally avoid regulation by quickly selling dogs online and through private sales," state Sen. Mark Grisanti (R-Buffalo), a co-sponsor of the bill, told the paper.

The new law will give pet dealers greater oversight on the health and safety conditions of their animals, LongIsland.com reports. Local governments can require that pet shops only sell dogs that have been properly raised and do not come from puppy mills.



Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/13/new-york-puppy-mills-law_n_4590182.html

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GOPNRAteahadists will probably sue for their freedumb to torture animals.

[Progressive dog]

1. The ASPCA is collecting signatures on a thank you note to Gov. Cuomo

at ASPCA.org

[Iliyah]

2. K & R

[leftyladyfrommo]

3. I hope all those puppy mills don't just move to Missouri.

We tried to get a better puppy mill law here. The voters voted it in. The Missouri legislature simply undid it somehow and just threw it out. Turns out one of the most involved person's mother ran a puppy mill.

So the puppy mills continure to operate just like they always have. I think we have about 1200 puppy mills in this state. And there are about 2 inspectors.

[tomm2thumbs]

4. that is sad -- would love to know what happened -- maybe the group that fought for changes in NY....

... will start shifting their attention to other states that pick up the slack and take advantage

Slow progress is still progress and hopefully the fact that people in your state thought it worth voting on will do so again with a stronger piece of legislation that sticks

[leftyladyfrommo]

5. It really wasn't a good bill.

I don't think the people who wrote it really knew what they were doing. It was pretty much killed by the AKC breeders who felt like they were going to be seriously negatively impacted and by the Farmers who were afraid that such ideas would spread to the care of livestock.

There were things in there about all animals having 24 hour access to the outside which isn't necessary for most animals. Lots of AKC breeders of small dogs don't let their dogs outside at all and if the dog weighs 6 pounds it shouldn't be an issue. The end result was that all of the AKC people came out against it.

But the bill shouldn't have been just thrown out. It could have just been improved.

[tomm2thumbs]

6. welp, hopefully another can be crafted that makes some logical means to an end

Something win/win can be difficult, but hopefully not insurmountable.

[leftyladyfrommo]

7. No one seems interested any more.

I tried to get someone at the KC Star to give it another look but nothing.

[Aristus]

8. Good.

I hope this will prevent a lot of suffering.

The very first dog we ever got when I was a kid, we got from an award-winning kennel. She enjoyed excellent health all her life, and lived for a long time.

The second dog we got was from a puppy mill, I'm sorry to say. She had atrocious health all her life, and didn't live nearly as long as our first.

Make sure your dog-breeder puts the health and safety of their dog-breeding stock first, and treats their charges well.