The Illinois Pet Lovers Association is grateful for the favorable bipartisan support and vote for SB1882. While we are encouraged by this week’s results, we are fully aware that additional negotiations are necessary to ensure that our pets are compassionately safeguarded by the state of Illinois. We can all agree that an approach that protects […]
Dog Ownership…A Cherished American Tradition
George Washington had one, and so did Benjamin Franklin. But if animal extremists have their way, your grandkids won’t. The radical animal rights agenda is advancing on many fronts, challenging our historic relationships with animals. The activists’ perfect world has no pets and definitely no purebreds. If they succeed in enacting their worldview, many of […]
Purdue animal welfare center to write standards for commercial care, breeding of dogs
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The director of Purdue University’s Center for Animal Welfare Science will lead a two-year research project to develop and test science-based, nationwide animal care standards for the commercial breeding and raising of dogs. The goal is to provide breeders with uniform standards for dog care and well-being in all states, said […]
The USDA has just announced new rules that will greatly limit such importation for any dog intended “for sale”
As we discussed at trade show, American breeders have been overly regulated while international breeders had free access to export puppies into the USA with little to no regulation. It’s been estimated that 300,000 puppies were imported into the US in 2013. Many of those puppies are not healthy and went to shelter and rescue […]