‘Shut Down the Inhumane Practices’: Bills Introduced to Stop Puppy Mill Pipeline
The San Diego Humane Society has joined with the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to sponsor three bills to end the practice of puppy mills. Puppy milling, also called puppy farming, is the practice of breeding dogs for profit while disregarding the health and well-being of the dogs being bred. The practice is already illegal in California, but legal ambiguities ensure the practice exists.
Sen. Tom Umberg and Assemblymembers Steve Bennet and Marc Berman jointly introduced legislation Tuesday morning in Sacramento to end the practice. The three bills are SB 312, AB 506, and AB 519. SB 312, authored by Sen. Umberg, mandates that dog importers submit health certificates electronically to the California Department of Food and Agriculture within 10 days of shipment and makes those certificates publicly available.