Urgent-Senate Hearing on Puppy / Kitten Mill Legislation. Your calls needed!

The Minnesota Puppy and Kitten Mill Bill -- S.F. 7 (Betzold) -- is going to be heard in the Senate Agriculture Committee on Tuesday, March 24, for more debate and a vote.
This is a second hearing for this committee and a final vote (in this committee) will be taken. This vote is critical, so we are urging you to call all of the members on this committee once more.
IMPORTANT: A weaker amendment requiring "registration only" for breeders may be offered at this hearing, which will do little to protect animals from unscrupulous breeders. Ask committee members NOT to support a weaker, "registration only" amendment.

ACTION: Please call all of the members on the committee before 3:00 p.m. Tuesday and ask them to vote in favor of S.F. 7 (Sen. Betzold's bill) -- and to NOT support a weaker, "registration only" amendment.

SENATE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE MEMBERS -- Support S.F. 7
Chair: Senator Jim Vickerman (District 22) 651-296-5650
Vice Chair: Sharon L. Erickson Ropes (District 31) 651-296-5649
Senator Satveer S. Chaudhary (District 50) 651-296-4334
Senator Steve Dille (District 18) 651-296-4131
Senator Lisa A. Fobbe (District 16) 651-296-8075
Senator Joe Gimse (District 13) 651-296-3826
Senator David W. Hann (District 42) 651-296-1749
Senator Bill G. Ingebrigtsen (District 11) 651-297-8063
Senator Paul E. Koering (District 12) 651-296-4875
Senator Gary W. Kubly (District 20) 651-296-5094
Senator Keith Langseth (District 9) 651-296-3205
Senator Tony Lourey (District 8) 651-296-0293
Senator Steve Murphy (District 28) 651-296-4264
Senator Rod Skoe (District 2) 651-296-4196
Senator Dan Skogen (District 10) 651-296-5655 (Kathy Jo Bauck's district*)
* Kathy Jo Bauck is owner of Pick Of The Litter, a dog breeding facility in Otter Tail County, Minnesota. Bauck has been charged with multiple counts of animal cruelty and torture. That trial is in process right now.

Legislators are hearing from dog and cat breeders, hunting groups, the NRA, and others who oppose the bill or any regulation. Your voice is necessary.