However, HB 3192 proposed a licensing fee of $ 25, while
AKC facility inspections start at $ 250 per inspection.
Not exact matches
The
AKC carries out kennel
inspections to check on
facilities provided by breeders and that record keeping is correct, also this organisation operates a DNA centre.
Altho
AKC does do some
inspections, the only way they can «discipline»
facilities not meeting standards, is by suspending the owner from registration privileges and showing privileges (not that many of this type of breeder care about showing).
The report also reveals that numerous puppy mill operators who have been charged with animal cruelty have been selling
AKC - registered puppies; some of their
facilities even passed
AKC inspections.
that USDA should continue to perform all
inspections of dog breeders and not to rely on the
AKC and other dog breeding affiliated groups, with serious conflicts of interest, to conduct
inspections and to monitor conditions at federally licensed dog breeding
facilities.
Its breeder
inspection program has also been known to have issues, as was demonstrated when an
AKC «Breeder of Merit» was arrested and charged with two counts of animal cruelty after 70 dogs were rescued from their breeding
facility.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is proposing that the Agency NOT schedule
inspections of puppy mills, as mandated by the federal Animal Welfare Act, if third party entities such as the American Kennel Club (
AKC) and other dog breeding industry groups such as the Missouri Pet Breeders Association approve of the
facility.