Legislature considering puppy-mill regulations(NC)

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Puppy mills — commercial dog-breeding operations, some with notorious reputations for animal cruelty — are moving away from neighboring states that are cracking down on them and relocating to North Carolina, where industry regulations are nearly nonexistent, animal-rights advocates told the Washington Daily News in recent interviews.

With the recent passage of legislation regulating commercial breeding operations in Virginia and Tennessee, “North Carolina has become a bit of a safe haven for puppy mills,” said Kimberley Alboum, director of the Humane Society of the United States’ North Carolina chapter. Georgia has puppy-mill legislation pending.

“Nobody wants to be known as the next puppy-mill state and, unfortunately, that’s where we’re heading,” she said.

Legislation in the state General Assembly seeks to stop that influx by regulating commercial dog-breeding operations.

http://www.wdnweb.com/articles/2010/02/24/news/doc4b846f2246879979819075.txt

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1. kick

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2. K&R

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3. Maybe it's time to revisit the AWA and hire some more APHIS inspectors.

But nah, there's no money to line the pockets of congresscritters in that. Nevermind.