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Texas House passes bill to protect animals from puppy mills
HOUSE BILL 1818 By Erin Wides | April 28, 2021 at 10:35 PM CDT - Updated April 29 at 12:20 AM
AUSTIN, Texas (KLTV) - Overnight, the Texas House of Representatives was able to flip 17 votes from ânoâ to âyesâ and officially pass a bill targeting puppy mills.
HB 1818 would restrict retail dog and cat sales in the state of Texas, according to Republican House Representative Jared Patterson, pet stores would only be able to get pets from sources like shelters, animal controls, and nonprofits.
âWeâre trying to limit that pipeline from puppy mills into these retail pet stores. Folks would still be able to adopt a pet, folks would still be able to go directly to a breeder and choose the pet of their choice,â Patterson said. âWeâre not trying to restrict people from getting pets, weâre just trying to eliminate that pipeline of puppy mill pets into the market.â
Texas House passes measure to protect animals from puppy mills
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AUSTIN, Texas (KLTV) - Overnight Thursday, the Texas House of Representatives was able to flip 17 votes from “no” to “yes” and officially pass a bill targeting puppy mills.
HB 1818 would restrict retail dog and cat sales in the state of Texas. According to House Republican Jared Patterson, pet stores would only be able to get pets from sources like shelters, animal control agencies, and nonprofits.
“We’re trying to limit that pipeline from puppy mills into these retail pet stores. Folks would still be able to adopt a pet, folks would still be able to go directly to a breeder and choose the pet of their choice,” Patterson said. “We’re not trying to restrict people from getting pets, we’re just trying to eliminate that pipeline of puppy mill pets into the market.”
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Bill allowing 90 percent of Idahoâs wolves to be killed passes House and Senate
âConservationists stand ready to compel an Endangered Species Act listing if viable wolf populations arenât sustained in the face of these heavy-handed new methods.â
A bill allowing hunters and private contractors to kill up to 90 percent of the state’s wolves passed the Idaho House on Tuesday.
The measure also passed the Idaho Senate last week, which means that the fate of around 1,000 wolves now lies with Republican Gov. Brad Little.
“If this horrific bill passes, Idaho could nearly wipe out its wolf population,” Andrea Zaccardi, Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) senior attorney, said in a statement emailed to EcoWatch. “Unless we can stop this from becoming law, decades of progress towards wolf recovery will be lost.”
UpdatedFri, Apr 30, 2021 at 10:21 am MT
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Bison are shown at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Rescue near Denver. Bison herds are overpopulating at the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. The National Park Service is looking for volunteer hunters to help their removal efforts. (Shutterstock)
GRAND CANYON, AZ The National Park Service is turning to volunteer hunters to help control the bison population at the Grand Canyon, one of America s most-visited national parks, but a leading national animal rights group says other, nonlethal measures should be taken instead.
The bison herd in the north rim of the northern Arizona national park is rapidly growing, as have concerns that the expected continued growth will impact the park s water, vegetation and soil resources, the NPS said in its recent callout for bison hunters.