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Missouri at center of debate over Puppy Protection Act.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. _ Alan Hughes has been breeding basset hounds in Missouri for more than 10 years.
Recently, Hughes received a letter from a woman in Pennsylvania who purchased one of his dogs through a pet store.
The dog, the woman wrote, is the apple of her family's eye and is "so loving and comical" that she has even impressed the veterinarian.
The letter, Hughes said, is just further proof that he is one of the good guys: responsible breeders who truly love dogs _ unlike the owners of "puppy mills," where dogs are mass-produced for profit and kept in filthy conditions without veterinary care.
Yet it's people like him who will suffer if Congress pushes through the Puppy Protection Act, Hughes said.
The Puppy Protection Act, which was approved in the Senate and is in a House-Senate conference committee, is aimed at cracking down on puppy mills by limiting how often dogs can whelp, or give birth, and by requiring that puppies be socialized by ...
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