Articles Tagged: animal welfare

Iowa continues to lead the nation in puppy mills sanctioned by the federal government and is expanding its lead over other states.

Iowa continues to lead the nation in puppy mills sanctioned by the federal government and is expanding its lead over other states.

An Iowa judge has denied a request to reduce a $70,000 fine imposed against the owners of Eastern Iowa’s shuttered Cricket Hollow Zoo.

An Iowa dog breeder who admitted killing some of his unwanted dogs with stomach injections and then leaving them alone in their cages to die is among the Iowans listed in the Humane Society of the United States’ annual list.

After the end of a truncated season this month in Dubuque, the track here will close. By the end of the year there will only be two greyhound tracks left in the country.

So far in 2022, 19 dog breeders in Iowa have been cited for violations — more than any other state in the nation.

The Iowa Supreme Court this week rejected zoo owners Pamela and Thomas Sellner’s efforts to set aside a judge’s finding that they were in contempt for having refused a court order to surrender the animals at their roadside attraction near Manchester.

Daniel Gingerich hoarded more than 500 dogs throughout his multiple properties in Southern Iowa’s Seymour, west of Centerville, which were all in equally poor condition, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals says.

Miccio Foundation provides more support for Dogs Forever to cool its overflow building/kennel with “greener” options and also provide more floor space for dogs with the purchase of an outdoor shed.

Records show that even when dealing with breeders with a history of serious and recurring violations, state inspectors are not only notifying breeders of the precise time and date of their upcoming visits, they are consulting with the breeders as to the times most convenient for them.

The Iowa Supreme Court’s decision came three years to the day after a group of Iowans, assisted by the Animal Legal Defense Fund, filed a lawsuit against the zoo’s owners, Pamela and Thomas Sellner, alleging numerous violations of Iowa’s animal neglect laws.

The ruling this week in the contempt-of-court case against Pamela and Thomas Sellner comes three days after the Iowa Supreme Court declined to review a lower court decision in the case that led to zoo’s closure in 2019.

Police arrested a Cedar Rapids couple last week on multiple counts of animal neglect, after eight animals were found living in dismal conditions.

Arrests in animal cases are up so far this year on Cedar Rapids, figures show.

Authorities are investigating two separate incidents of possible animal abuse after seven chickens and 13 guinea pigs were discarded in two separate incidents. Six of the seven chickens were alive, but the guinea pigs were dead.