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Oregon Senate to Vote On Puppy Mill Bill
May 21, 2009, 2:58PM MT
By Cheri Moon
Bill aims at regulating unethical breeders
Bill aims at regulating unethical breeders
By Best Friends Staff
H.B. 2470 sets a limit of 50 breeding dogs at large-scale production facilities, provides humane care requirements and protects consumers who buy dogs with a disease or congenital defect.
The bill also requires pet stores to reveal a dog's place of origin, health history and registration information. Louisiana, Pennsylvania and Virginia passed similar laws in 2008. Legislatures in Indiana and Washington did so this year.
How You Can Help
If this issue is important to you, please contact your state legislator today. It’s important to provide your name and address on your email/letter or in the phone call. Legislators want to know that you are one of the people they represent.
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For More Information
• Download the guide, “Nine Things You Can Do to Help Stop Puppy Mills”.
• Visit Puppies Aren’t Products to learn more about how you can help stop puppy mills.
**Best Friends supports legislation that promotes quality controls and quantity caps for commercial breeders of companion animals. Specifically, we support quality standards that incorporate strict guidelines to ensure that animals’ physical and mental health thrive. Periodic oversight by an authoritative state or local agency and notable penalties that seriously deters recidivism is important. Also supported are statues stating that failure to comply will result in the penalty that a person or entity no will longer allowed to be in the pet-for profit business.