A renewed attempt will be made again this legislative session to strengthen Iowa’s ability to inspect and regulate large dog breeding facilities in the state, but with a scaled-down focus.
Federal inspectors say they have increased their dog breeding facility inspections after a critical 2010 review that said the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service was not doing enough. But the inspection service had only 120 inspectors to check some 10,000 lice
Hamilton County Sheriff Dennis Hagerson has been aware of Julies Jules, a dog breeding facility that Julie and Carolyn Arends have owned for 30 years, since joining federal inspectors at their place while a deputy a few years back. “It was just a poor operation,” Hagerson said. “It was like a puppy
