Publication/Event date: 2011-06-16
Publication name: philly.com
URL for more info: http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/pets/With-a-new-watchdog-in-the-Capitolmusings-on-a-decade-of-dog-law-.html
Summary:
Back in the dark of ages of Pennsylvania dog law (circa 2002), long before Oprah Winfrey catapulted the state and its infamous "puppy mills" onto the world's stage, a small band of women set out to find out why so many breeding dogs were suffering in filthy kennels.
They quietly but persistently sent email requests for documents and questioned why inspection reports noted repeated violations yet so little had been done to hold the breeders accountable.
They asked then-gubernatorial candidate Ed Rendell if he would do something to help. He promised he would "immediately redress the problem" if elected.
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