There is some good news regarding puppy mills from Texas as Governor Rick Perry has signed into law the Commercial Dog and Cat Breeders Act (CDCBA), which means there will be minimum standards for the humane handling, care, housing and transportation of dogs and cats by large scale Texas breeders.
Till now, the animals were unprotected completely due to the absence of such a law and there was a lot of suffering caused by the many bad breeders. However, from September on wards, the commercial breeding facilities will undergo inspection for the first time and the monitoring will continue in the future.
This law applies to any cat or dog breeder with 11 or more female breeding animals and who sells 20 or more animals per year. It requires the breeders to be inspected and to maintain adequate drainage, comfortable and safe space for animals.
Although, everything that was demanded such as prohibition of wire flooring and stacking of cages was not included in this law but all in all, animal rights activists consider it a big victory and a first major step in Texas for the protection of the breeding animals in the puppy mills.
