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1. Dogs Win Big on Election Day with Historic Victory in Missouri
Fed up with their state’s reputation as the Puppy Mill Capital of
America, Missourians hit the polls on Election Day to declare that
enough is enough! On Tuesday, November 2, voters in the Show Me State
passed the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act, which appeared on their
ballots as Proposition B. (Although policy reform is most often
generated through state legislatures, Prop B was a citizen-supported
initiative).
It is an incredible victory, and one we hope will send a strong message
to the governments of other states—namely, that the public wants better
conditions for puppy mill dogs, and will take on the task of changing
the law themselves if elected officials fail to act.
In the last three years, 15 states, including major puppy mill states
such as Iowa, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania, have passed laws to crack
down on puppy mills. However, in no other state were the stakes higher
for puppy mill dogs than Missouri.
Missouri’s weak laws regulating commercial kennels have made it a
haven for substandard breeders. As home to one-third of all the
commercial dog breeding facilities in the U.S.—as many as the next three
largest dog breeding states combined—Missouri supplies more than 40
percent of all puppies sold in pet stores nationwide. No matter where
you live, there’s a good chance that the puppies in the window of your
local pet store came from a Missouri puppy mill. Implementation of the
Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act will provide welcome relief to tens of
thousands of adult breeding dogs—not to mention the approximately one
million puppies born in Missouri kennels every year.
The new Missouri law, which becomes effective in one year, requires
that dogs at these large-scale facilities be provided with sufficient
food and clean water, regular veterinary care, adequate housing and
space, and access to regular exercise. And with passage of Proposition
B, Missouri becomes the fifth state—joining Louisiana, Oregon, Virginia
and Washington—to create a limit on the number of intact, adult breeder
dogs a commercial dog breeder may keep.
“Tuesday’s passage of Proposition B reflects a landmark achievement
in the ongoing fight against animal cruelty,” says ASPCA President &
CEO Ed Sayres. “We are proud to have worked diligently on this
campaign, and we celebrate this victory alongside the caring citizens of
Missouri. The ASPCA is committed to working with local animal welfare
groups to help breeders transition to the new humane standards and find
loving homes for any displaced Missouri breeding dogs.”
The ASPCA wishes to thank our supporters all over the country for
helping us advocate for Proposition B to your friends and family in
Missouri. This victory is the culmination of 18 months of work for the
ASPCA and our partners in Missourians for the Protection of Dogs, and it
is proof that when we join together to use our voices for animals, we
will be heard!
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