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In Our Dog Housey Mill Bill finally ends Ohios dubious distinction as one of the countrys leastated states for commercial dog breedingTHEBAULT ! JANUARY 15TH, 2014 ! NEWS

8, one of the most infamous high-volume dog breeders in Virginia was convicted on 25 counts of animal neglect and 14of animal cruelty. In 2009, the state passed a law restricting his illicit business practices. But a short time later, hehis so-called puppy mill to a state with some of the industrys laxest laws: Ohio.

other states have said Youre bad news, you cant breed in our state, What have they done? says Kelly Difrischia,r of the Columbus Dog Connection. They have packed their bags and moved to Ohio.

, until Jan. 1, 2014, Ohio was battling Missouri for the dubious distinction as the most unregulated state for puppy

ver, with the new year, that is expected to change after Senate Bill 130 of the 130th General Assembly went into effect.upp y Mill Bill mandates improved living conditions for the dogs, setting standards for cage size, requiring regular

ing, veterinary examinations and socialization. These standards may seem obvious, yet before this law, some Ohiomills were a n unregulated hub f or neglect an d ab use.

ing dogs that languish i n puppy mills suffer from a bhorrent neglect, says Karen Minton, Ohio state director for thene Society . Their nails g row into the pads of their feet, their teeth arent ever taken care of, resulting in rotten teeth andd jaws.

the breeders themselves, they must also meet ne w standards. All will have to apply for a breeding permit and undergoground check during the application process. Pas t indiscretions will disqualify them, thereby preventing Ohio fromhe destination for other states irresponsible bree ders.

ding licensure, those that have been convicted of animal cruelty are no longer eligible for a breeder license, Mintonthus removing the welcome mat that laid at our states border for so long.

the most important pieces of the law, Difrischia says, is that it gives the Ohio Department of Agriculture, the agency inof enforcement, the ability to do annual inspec tions.

use the state now has the ability to knock on your door, it has put a lot of the really egregious high-volume dog breeders

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ce, Difrischia says.

y the fact that we passed this bill, we put a lot of the bad apples out of business, and that isng.

his door knocking, the Department of Agriculture hired four inspectors and a team of staff cludes several veterinarians.

are going to be tasked with doing inspections of the breeders, says Department of lture spokesperson Erica Hawkins. They are going to be making sure that our carerds are being followed by the breeders.

ing they will not be checking, as it is not included in the law, is for a specific temperature ings housing facilities. Much to the chagrin of activists, the language of the law was rewordedire a more qualitative kind of standard. This is because, Hawkins says, lawmakers did not

o trap breeders into a certain reading on the thermostat, but rather allow inspectors to check if rs are doing an adequate job of controlling temperatures for their animals.

hia points to the recent cold front that swept through Ohio as reason why there needs to be ac temperature standard in the law and says the omission of one is among her biggestointments.

og is going to be an employee and make a lot of money for you, you should compensate thatry well by giving it very decent housing, Difrischia says. We arent even asking for the TajWere asking for adequate daily living conditions, and we feel that those temperatureshave been set. Its very disappointing.

other hand, State Sen. Jim Hughes, the bills sponsor, is quick to point out that this is a vastvement from the past.

e this bill, it was unregulated, Hughes says. So all this cold weather we have had, theykeep those dogs outside, they could stack them in crates and they didnt have to have any

r water.

w went into effect on the first of the year, but the changes did not come overnight; they wereyears in the making.

een my most difficult bill, Hughes says.

were several parties involved in the bills writing, from the U.S. Sportsmens Alliance to theVeterinary Medical Association, the breeders and the rescuers, says Difrischia.

ss the best analogy to use is herding cats, she says. You have to get all of these people who have different interests inhis language is to agree.

n attributes the trouble to Ohios history as a difficult state in which to pass animal welfare legislation.

her it is the influence of big agriculture or concern about enacting new regulations on small businesses, we faced our of powerful opposition, she says. An entire industry had gone unchecked for decades, and as you can imagine, there

may high-volume breeders that preferred to keep it that way.

e the roadblocks, Ohio managed to pass the law and in doing so transitioned from one of the most lenient and tolerantfor puppy mills to one that will no longer put up with neglectful and irresponsible breeding habits.

has definitely moved from being one of the worst with no laws on the books to having some of the strongest lawsnation, Minton says.

hia and other activists believe the bill to be a great first step but acknowledge there is more to be done.

t to be positive and hopeful and say that it is making a very big difference and it absolutely is, she says. But thereo parts of the bill that are very disappointing and we definitely need better standards.

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