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Colorado: Mccann

February 11, 2009 - 03:04 am
NEWS FEED: Denver Post

Lawmakers trying to eliminate puppy mills

Rep. Beth McCann, D-Denver, said animals have been crippled in cages, injured and killed by people who raise them for mass marketing.

Her bill, introduced Wednesday, would prevent dog breeders from keeping more than 25 adult breeding dogs.

"This legislation will crack down on abusive puppy mills where man's best friend is treated like a cash crop instead of members of the family," said Holly Tarry, Colorado director of the Humane Society of the United States.

The Humane Society said one Colorado dog breeder was ordered out of business last year after state inspectors found 40 animals had starved to death on the property and six others were in critical condition.

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February 4, 2009 - 02:04 am
NEWS FEED: Denver Post

Lawmakers trying to eliminate puppy mills

Rep. Beth McCann, D-Denver, said animals have been crippled in cages, injured and killed by people who raise them for mass marketing.

Her bill, introduced Wednesday, would prevent dog breeders from keeping more than 25 adult breeding dogs.

"This legislation will crack down on abusive puppy mills where man's best friend is treated like a cash crop instead of members of the family," said Holly Tarry, Colorado director of the Humane Society of the United States.

The Humane Society said one Colorado dog breeder was ordered out of business last year after state inspectors found 40 animals had starved to death on the property and six others were in critical condition.

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January 28, 2009 - 01:26 pm
NEWS FEED: Face the State

Lawmakers: Bill's defeat leads to 'Blagojevich-ization' of Colorado politics

The House State Affairs Committee killed a bill Tuesday that would have made it illegal to remove a ballot initiative in exchange for compensation of any kind.

Rep. Amy Stephens, R-Monument, sponsored the legislation in response to a 2008 pre-election deal between business leaders and unions that resulted in the removal of four anti-business initiatives from the statewide ballot in exchange for $3 million to the unions.

In exchange for withdrawing what opponents called four “Poison Pill Amendments,” union backers convinced the business community to fund a multi-million dollar fight against Amendments 47, 49, and 54, three initiatives that cumulatively sought to strengthen government transparency and threaten union power.

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