To our freinds in Butler - Here's a blurb from the ASPCA about the new, stronger humane laws with respect to dogs. Please read on to be informed.

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Trying to shed its reputation as 'The Puppy Mill Capital of the East,' the Pennsylvania Legislature on Wednesday night passed HB 2525, a bill that will improve the lives of tens of thousands of dogs living in Pennsylvania's puppy mills.

Introduced in May, HB 2525 doubles the cage space required for dogs in Pennsylvania's commercial breeding facilities, prohibits wire flooring and the stacking of cages, mandates exercise and twice-yearly veterinary exams for all dogs, and requires that animals be humanely euthanized by licensed veterinarians.

The ASPCA has been working with the Governor's Office and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture for over three years to increase enforcement and standards of care for dogs in the state's commercial kennels. We lobbied for passage of HB 2525 by activating the Pennsylvania members of the ASPCA Advocacy Brigade and by spending much of the past several months in Harrisburg, the state capital, promoting the bill to legislators. Governor Ed Rendell signed HB 2525 into law the day after it was passed.

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