Missouri Tea Partiers, Joe The Plumber Join Movement Against 'Radical' Anti-Puppy Mill Legislation

[arisma]

Dog bites man or man bites dog?

A conservative group in Missouri is picking up the backing of the Tea Party and Joe The Plumber in its quest to stop the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and other animal rights groups from passing "radical" anti-puppy mill legislation.

The measure, which can be read in full here, is called

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[arisma]

I meant to add on there that I have a cousin who adopts animals from the south (we're in VT) specifically from puppy mills. She takes the oldest dogs they have available, gets them up here and lets them live out whatever remains of their days in green grass and fresh air. Some of those dogs have been amazing and every single one was also visibly brutalized. It's nausea inducing to imagine what they lived through.

[browneyedguuurl]

Your cousin is awesome.

[arisma]

Thank you, I tend to agree. :)

[lastingchances]

Aw I have tears in my eyes just from reading that. It hits so close to home. I also want to adopt a pair of older dogs from a rescue :) It's sad how no one wants them after they aren't "cute" any more.

[stellar_kar]

wow your cousin is amazing.I wish I could do that. But I try to make sure I only adopt animals from rescues.