Quick Search: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 | Sign In | Register Home News Daily News Marketing/Prices Nutrition and Health Inside Washington Classified Calendar About Us To Subscribe Other Products Links Contact Us Advertising in Feedstuffs Feedstuffs Reference Issue Sponsored Research Sign in Get the latest news or search our archives. Interested in Subscribing to Feedstuffs? Interested in Advertising in Feedstuffs? Home : Daily News : News : Details Dog breeding measure adopted in Missouri (11/3/2010) The ballot initiative in Missouri that would increase regulation of dog breeders -- the "Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act," or Proposition B (Prop B) -- was adopted yesterday by a narrow vote, with 51% of voters approving the measure. The initiative, carried to the ballot by The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), with assistance from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, limits commercial breeders to no more than 50 female breeding dogs and requires that those dogs be bred no more than twice every 18 months. It also increases living space for dogs, requires indoor housing with unfettered access to outdoor exercise yards, requires that dogs be fed daily and requires that dogs be examined annually by veterinarians. Violations will be misdemeanors that carry fines of $300 and jail sentences of 15 days. Prop B becomes effective in one year. Missouri is said to be the largest dog breeding state in the U.S., with an estimated one of every three or four of puppies sold in pet stores in the U.S. having been born in the state, which has 1,400 licensed breeders and hundreds who are thought to be operating illegally. Animal protection interests refer to Missouri as the country's "puppy mill capital." Daily Commentary provided by Farm Futures, a sister publication of Feedstuffs Copyright © 2010 The Miller Publishing Co. 12400 Whitewater Dr., Minnetonka, MN 55343 ° (952) 931-0211 Advertise ° Privacy Policy