ASPCA in the News: Rendell Dismisses Dog-Law Advisors
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Rendell dismisses dog-law advisers
He cites the poor conditions at Pa. "puppy mills." Board members contend they are not at fault for inaction.
HARRISBURG - Members of the Pennsylvania Dog Law Advisory Board have received pink slips from Gov. Rendell, in what he called the first step toward addressing inhumane conditions at the growing number of commercial dog breeding operations.
The action comes as animal-welfare advocates increase pressure on officials to end crowded and unsanitary conditions in so-called puppy mills and as the Department of Agriculture makes its first attempt in a decade to toughen the state's 24-year-old dog law.
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Rendell dismisses dog-law advisers
He cites the poor conditions at Pa. "puppy mills." Board members contend they are not at fault for inaction.
HARRISBURG - Members of the Pennsylvania Dog Law Advisory Board have received pink slips from Gov. Rendell, in what he called the first step toward addressing inhumane conditions at the growing number of commercial dog breeding operations.
The action comes as animal-welfare advocates increase pressure on officials to end crowded and unsanitary conditions in so-called puppy mills and as the Department of Agriculture makes its first attempt in a decade to toughen the state's 24-year-old dog law.
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