First dog breeder shut-down by new law

Photo courtesy of pajaritos

The state has taken its first legal actions under the recently enacted Canine Cruelty Prevention Act, shutting down a dog breeder in Lawrence County for multiple animal acts of animal abuse.

At the end of last month, the Missouri Department of Agriculture, working with Attorney General Chris Koster, obtained a temporary restraining order against Linda Brisco, of Monett, for multiple violations of the modified dog breeding regulation law, including failure to provide sanitary living conditions and veterinary care for her animals.

Working with the Humane Society of Missouri’s Animal Cruelty Task Force, the state rescued 73 animals from the facility.

According to inspections by the Department of Agriculture, Brisco failed to:

• Provide adequate veterinary care to animals in obvious medical distress;
• Clean and sanitize the facility, allowing excrement in food dishes;
• Keep sick, aged or young animals sheltered;
• Provide shade for the dogs;
• Collect and remove animal waste.

Inspectors also say that Brisco routinely used a gunshot as means of euthanasia, in violation of the law.

In an agreement approved by the court on Thursday, the owner has surrendered all the animals to the Humane Society of Missouri and she will not be allowed to operate a commercial dog breeding facility for the next six years.

The Canine Cruelty Prevention Act was adopted by the general assembly and signed by the governor earlier this year as a compromised alternative to the voter-approved Proposition B law.

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Posted by Tim Sampson on July 15, 2011. Filed under Agriculture. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry