ADCNYS Leads Injunction Effort To Challenge USDA/APHIS Rule

The Associated Dog Clubs of New York State is an AKC state federation, which was founded in 1971.  There are many AKC state federations. The purpose is of an AKC state federation is to work as a group on legislative issues and to work on protecting purebred dogs.

The most recent federal regulation that the Associated Dog Clubs of New York State is challenging is the new USDA/APHIS regulations. The overall purpose of the new USDA/APHIS federal regulations is to regulate Internet based pet sales. The new regulations will also include breeders who have at least five breeding females of any species and breeders who were to sell an animal sight unseen.  The new regulations will broaden the number of breeders that will be regulated and possibly inspected under the Animal Welfare Act.

The Associated Dog Clubs of New York State is seeking donations to support an effort to file an injunction to block enforcement of the newly published and soon to be implemented USDA/APHIS federal regulations, which will soon affect many hobby breeders. The new regulations will go into effect on November 18, 2013, therefore the Associated Dog Clubs of New York State is working swiftly and diligently on filing the injunction.

The Associated Dog Clubs of New York State felt that waiting to see how these rules will truly affect breeders was not a useful approach or opposition, therefore they are trying to combat this legally. Their goal and need is to raise $10,000 dollars by November 14, 2013. They have donated the first $1,000 and have offered to be the first plaintiffs on the suit.  The ADCNYS cites many reasons for hobby breeders to be concerned about the USDA/APHIS federal regulations, including that under the new rule many breeders will have to change the way they raise and sell their puppies or become a USDA licensed breeder.

For more information on the injunction initiative, visit Keep Our Domestic Animals.

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Posted by chesliepickett on Nov 8 2013. Filed under Breaking News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.