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Ind. Law - "Puppy Mill Busted: Dogs taken from Harrison County farm to New Albany warehouse"
Matt Thacker of the New Albany News & Tribune reports today in a long story that begins:Approximately 240 dogs were seized from an alleged “puppy mill” in Harrison County on Tuesday and were taken to an emergency shelter set up...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 3, 2009 01:13 PM
Ind. Law - "Some animal rights advocates working to strengthen new puppy mill bill"
Updating earlier ILB entries on the "puppy mill" bill passed last month (HEA 1468). WSBT out of South Bend has a long story today by Kelli Cheatham that includes this quote near the end:“We definitely have some work to do,”...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 27, 2009 01:04 PM
Ind. Law - Several stories today about bills that have passed the General Assembly
"Legislature OKs clean water bill" is a long story in the Muncie Star-Press by Rick Yencer. He does not give the bill number, and I cannot locate the bill described. Andy Grimm writes in the Gary Post-Tribune about passage of...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 7, 2009 01:23 PM
Ind. Gov't. - General Assembly adjourns without budget; special session looms; what passed
A number of reports today on the failure of the General Assembly to pass a budget before midnight last night: Eric Brader of the Evansville C&P - "Statehouse gets special session: Education cuts send talks into overtime" Leslie Stedman Weidenbener...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 30, 2009 09:43 AM
Ind. Law - Even more on: "Farm interests oppose Indiana's puppy mill bill" [Updated]
Updating this ILB entry from earlier today, Bill Ruthhart of the Indianapolis Star just posted this story to his paper's site:Lawmakers found new areas on which to disagree this afternoon over legislation that would regulate Indiana's commercial dog breeders. In...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 27, 2009 06:02 PM
Ind. Law - Still more on: "Farm interests oppose Indiana's puppy mill bill"
Updating this ILB entry from Sunday, the Indianapolis Star today has an editorial that is in my opinion much too "cutsie". Here is the gist, omitting many of the unnecessary puns:Faced with ferocious resistance from the farm lobby and some...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 27, 2009 01:16 PM
Ind. Law - More on: "Farm interests oppose Indiana's puppy mill bill"
Updating this ILB entry from April 25th, Indianapolis Star columnist Matt Tully writes today: Does everything at the Indiana Statehouse have to be difficult? That's the thought I had last week as a simple issue -- the effort to stop...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 26, 2009 09:08 AM
Ind. Law - "Farm interests oppose Indiana's puppy mill bill"
Bill Ruthhart has this story Thursday in the Indianapolis Star, headlined "Farm interests oppose Indiana's puppy mill bill." Some quotes:Indiana Department of Agriculture officials have been working behind the scenes to defeat legislation that would crack down on abusive dog...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 25, 2009 01:20 PM
Law - Legal Aid for Animals
"Legal Aid for Animals: Law schools see a growing interest in representing creatures that can't speak for themselves" is the headline to an interesting article today from Legal Times. A quote:What is animal law? It can include elements of virtually...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 16, 2005 08:33 AM