Animal Care Legislation Moving in Missouri

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In Missouri, a bill is moving through the Missouri General Assembly that would protect livestock care practices in that state. The Missourians for Animal Care Coalition supports the bill, because, as they say, it would - protect the right to raise animals in Missouri. The Coalition says there are animal rights extremist groups like the Humane Society of the United States trying to get a ballot initiative that would put severe limitations on the ability of anyone to own and raise animals.

The intent of the bill, according to Missouri Farm Bureau’s legislative director Leslie Holloway, is - to try to ensure that additional restrictions on raising animals, whether it be livestock or dogs or whatever the case may be, are under the jurisdiction of the General Assembly rather than interests that might come in from out of state such as the Humane Society of the United States.

If passed, the animal care constitutional amendment would join a HSUS-backed bill on this fall’s state-wide ballot that would crack down on dog breeders in the state.