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PA dog-law measures up for committee votes today

Two bills aimed at cleaning up commercial breeding kennels in Pennsylvania are slated for committee votes in Harrisburg today.

Two bills aimed at cleaning up commercial breeding kennels in Pennsylvania are slated for committee votes in Harrisburg today.

The House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee is scheduled to vote on a measure (H.B. 2525) that would increase cage size and require exercise programs and veterinary care for the thousands of dogs in commercial kennels. The law would would apply only to the roughly 650 commercial breeders selling more than 60 dogs a year. There are 2,750 licensed kennels in Pennsylvania.

The House Judiciary Committee is to vote on an animal-cruelty bill (H.B. 2532) under which anyone except a licensed veterinarian would be forbidden from performing cesarean sections on dogs or removing a dog's vocal cords.    - Inquirer staff