Pennsylvania’s Dog Law Enforcement Office Cracking Down On Illegal Dog-Breeding Kennels
December 27, 2012 9:30 PM
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PHILADELPHIA
(CBS) – The Pennsylvania Agriculture Department says it has taken action
against 37 illegal dog-breeding kennels, this year, including several in the
Philadelphia area.
The department says it has stepped up efforts to enforce the
2009 anti-puppy-mill law.
Agriculture Department spokesperson Samantha Krebbs says the dog
law enforcement office has beefed up a number of areas. It worked with state
police to give additional training for the state’s 53 dog wardens. It put a
greater emphasis on enforcing dangerous dog laws– making sure owners of dogs
deemed dangerous by a judge had registered them. And, she says, it cracked down
on online dog sales.
“Six of the kennel owners that we cited were discovered and
charged by the office focusing its efforts on investigating the illegal sale of
dogs on line.”
Krebbs’ account is at odds with a report issued by an advisory
panel in September that found the state was not enforcing the law. Krebbs says
the advisory panel had
used incorrect information.
It is about time the laws were enforced in these cases. Would be interested what type of "groups" or individuals are or have been getting away with this in the past. More-so, does this shut them down completely, both as a breeder and their websites?
ReplyDeleteRobert Biser